But James your small percentage doesn't make it the rule. For me, I was a gun nut. From age 6, all I wanted to do was shoot. I needed to be protected from myself. Every child is different. When I was a kid, the thought of stealing dads gun to go to to school to blast someone wasn't even in my head. Now with the help of media, it becomes a possibility for a youngster.

For me, I would definately lock them up. Thats the main reason I got a safe. My ex and I were planning for children. Never happened thanks goodness. Anyway, I would rather live with a home invasion on my conscience rather than living with the fact I contributed to my childs life.

I am all for home defense. 110% I say go the extra mile even though it may cost you a few bucksand get the finger print vault. Better yet, a noisy alert dog is even better and my dog has woken me several times when kids were outside messing around. This would give me time to enter my safe.