WOW, this is quite the thread!
Reminds me of some old war movie where the guys on the battlefield said they need to surrender in order to survive, it never seems to go so well for them.
That's funny....what some of the responses reminds me of is a little child being told not to touch the hot burner on the kitchen stove top, but he does so....over and over and over again.....never learning a thing in the process.
Don't consider my suggestion 'surrendering' (it's not even close) it's more like doing a flanking maneuver to attack the gun grabbers from the rear with a plan to prevent guns from getting into the wrong hands......and not to keep them from ours....as they would prefer.
The big difference between them and me is I want unsecured guns, and guns not being carried daily, locked up so the bad guys (and your kids) can't get them if, and when, your away from home.....THEY want ALL guns locked up so we can't get to ANY of them, at any time....for any reason.
The amount of gun crime done with stolen weapons is immeasurable because not all of it is reported.
About 500 children are killed each year (about 17,000 are injured) with unsecured or stolen guns, and almost all of them could have been avoided. It's clear to me by some of the responses that some of you are not parents (neither am I)..... and some of the ones that are shouldn't be.
NOBODY here is talking about giving our gun rights away....especially me......so some of you need to take a chill pill, and another to increase your level of personal responsibility for your weapons security.....or some left-wing gun-grabbing loon will.
Buying and using a gun safe will not hurt you....or your kids....and will, in fact, increase the safety, and reduce crime, in your community...and increase our chances of keeping our guns....as our guns and not someone elses.