UPDATE :Gun in the House...

Yes we do. They are all locked in a gun safe, unloaded. The ammo is stored away from it all. And each gun has a trigger lock. We try to be responsible gun owners.

Yes, they all have individual locks on them, and are kept in a gun cabinet, which is kept in the back of a storage closet inside the house w/a dead bolt, and the room is always locked when other children are over.

The guns are used for hunting. This is Texas. There's lots of food roaming the plains!

Yes, we have a rifle, shotgun and a handgun that stays in the gunsafe that can only be opened by a code.

yes sir! hubs is a sheriff deputy . teach gun safety!!!!

No guns here, but I do have a screwdriver under the mattress. Think that'll help? tehehe

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I'm not a fan of guns. I am a fan of tougher gun control laws.
My husband is a sharpshooter. He also has a permit to carry.
We have O. handgun currently, and it is locked, unloaded, with the ammo stored separately.

When I have posted this info before, I have received several nasty PMs telling me we were idiots, that an unloaded gun is useless, not accessible in an emergency, etc.

My response to that thought process is that I hear a LOT MORE stories per year about kids accidentally shooting themselves when they "find" an unsecured loaded gun than I have EVER heard about someone picking off a vandal or intruder in the middle of the night.

Nope. Can't say I like the idea of one either. I swing a pretty mean bat though.

We have several guns in the house. They are all under lock and key. Ammunition is stored separately away from the guns.

Our boys have been taught gun safety - we think it's like swimming - a life skill that one must learn.

I want to take the conceal carry course as well. The NRA Headquarters is literally 10 miles from my home!!!

yes, and we have taken concealed hand gun classes.

Yes, we have several.

Yes, we have 2 hand guns. They are securely locked with the ammo in a separate, secure location.

We have a pistol - We live on a farm in the middle of nowhere, we need a gun for various reasons. It is stored on top of my wardrobe, with no bullets in it - but I know where to find them in a hurry!
We have probably 20 different guns, as my husband and FIL are hunting enthusiasts. Most of them are in a locked gun safe, but each of us has one in our house (they live next door)

We don't, but if I had the extra money lying around and the time to get properly trained, I would. I am not a gun person, and we live in a safe place, but I'm also a lawyer who sees how crazy things sometimes happen. I think if it is safely handled by someone with a plan (i.e. shooting someone only as a last line of defense), it's okay.

Nope, no gun in our house.

Currently they are not in the home, they are in a safe at my grandfathers. They will soon be moved to our home once we purchase our safe. And before we had kids they were stored with ammunition in another place.

My husband is a Deputy so YES we have guns in the house. Also I grew up with guns in my parents home, my grandparents, aunts/uncles homes, cousins homes, even friends homes.

EDIT: Our girls have been taught from DAY 1 Firearm Safety!!! They have seen ("Helped" by handing Daddy rags, throwing stuff away and LEARNING about the parts of the gun) cleaning his weapons. Also our eldest just got her Hunter's Safety Certification this summer and the others will get theirs as well. I am getting my concealed weapons license and when my girls are old enough I will pay for them to get their as well (no matter if they choose to own firearms or not).

Currently we live in a community with alot of military (active/reserve/retired) and LEOs. I am actually one who feels safer with my children in a home where Firearm Safety is talked about and taught than one where the subject is "off limits". It is the curiosity of the firearms that leads to the most "accidents" and such with children AND adults. Not being rude but it is like anything else - take the fear and mystery out of something and you educate properly you have better control of the situation. Just My Opinion

We have one. It is locked away in a safe. I am not pro-having one in the house, but we needed it for protection when the police recommended it to us. That situation has now gone away, but we still have the gun. I also feel safer having it there - even though it freaks me out. I need to get shooting lessons to feel more comfortable with it.

Don't have any guns now. I am not opposed. Living in Tx there are alot of Hunters. So guns for that, I get it.
My cousins live in the country outside of San Antonio close to Pleasonton, his wife just got her concealed hand gun license. You would of thought she she got a new car she was so happy. They hunt. They raise dogs to do hog hunts.

only the kids air soft guns. The guns are in the garage and the ammo in our room.

My husband and I don't hunt so we don't have any in the house. My son's do hunt with my dad, so we keep them at his house since he takes them out.

We have two bb guns, but no real guns since we do not have a gun safe.

HOWEVER, my kids are exposed to guns on a regular basis while at my parents house. I believe in teaching them gun safety at an early age. My children know to respect a gun and that they are not toys.

We have rifles & shotguns. My husband hunts and is teaching our 2 sons to hunt also. They stay unloaded and in cases that are inaccessible to the kids. Yes - we need a safe but we just can't afford it right now. We do not have a handgun. I am not opposed to having one but for that I would insist on a safe of some kind.

Yep! I live in TX, isn't it a requirement? (hehe)

We actually have several...more than 10. My hubby inherited them from his father, who must have had 20-30 of them (maybe more?) that were split up between his kids. We keep them in a big gun safe because there is no way I'm risking my little ones EVER being able to get to them without supervision. We only use one as a home defense weapon (also in the safe, of course).

My hubby bought me a Ruger 9mm carbine that I love. It's like a little rifle for a woman. It's very accurate and light weight and smaller. I LOVE going shooting with my hubby. It's a favorite date of mine that we are rarely ever able to do. He's a sharp shooter and has been trained and on teams and has won awards for his skill. It's fun to watch him.

I know you didn't ask about all that, but I love talking about guns...though I don't really know what I"m talking about...hehe. I didn't grow up with guns, so it's something I've learned more about since being married.

We do and so does most of our extended family - parents and siblings on both sides for instance.

Not in this house. We have a security system and the police department is about two blocks away. Even if I didn't have a security system etc. I wouldn't own a gun cause they just creep me out.

Growing up we always did.

Now as a married woman we don't. We aren't allowed. I wouldn't care if we did, though, as long as safety percautions were taken.

I'll never tell! But if you'd like to try your luck, bust into my house at 3am. ;)

Yes, all locked away in our gun safe.

Are you taking a poll? Are you thinking of getting one and just want to see if it's the "norm?"

In my house, absolutely not.

You can teach, and teach and teach kids gun safety, etc but it doesnt stop kids every single day from somehow breaking into the safety boxes and taking them to school and accidently or not shooting someone.

Or just wanting to take it out to show friends and then something bad happens.

Its an accident waiting to happen if you ask me.

We have two shotguns that my husband uses for hunting.

No handguns in our house.

Once my son can open the door to the basement they will be in a gun safe. We have already started saving.

I don't... but also as prior military, I'd feel perfectly fine with it... as long as I wasn't married to my husband. There're ways that you handle weapons in a house with kids, and I couldn't trust him with basic weapons safety. So mine stay elsewhere.

Next year my son hits the minimum age for the local firing ranges, so I'll be grabbing an ex-scout sniper to give him lessons (the only thing worse than not knowing how to handle a weapon is learning how to wrong! Bad habits. Shudder.)

Yes...multiple rifles & shotguns for hunting and 1 hand gun for protection. All are locked away w/ the keys well hidden. With that said, I'd also like to say that preventing access to guns in your own home is not enough to protect a child. Kids are naturally curious, so they need to be educated about guns, what they do, and how they are not to be touched if found. I lost a 3 yr old cousin a few years ago b/c she was visiting the wrong home at the wrong time. If your kids are old enough to visit relatives or friends, ask about gun ownership & what they do to protect children. Be aware of other places, outside the home, that your child might come in contact with a gun.

Never have, never will.

I'm Texan. I've never met a person who owns a gun. It's a myth that all Texans have guns.

I ditto Jackie T.'s answer word-for-word.

We do. They are all way out of reach of any of our children, and none of them are loaded. Husband and I are both proficient in loading and using. I think it is a skill that everyone should have. :)

I honestly don't even know how many guns we have in the house - it's more than a handful. Three of them (maybe four) are mine.

Husband is a fomer Army sniper, avid hunter, gun buff in general. Grew up with dad's guns in the house locked away. Learned at some point to never even bother trying to find the key.

Yes. Several in the gun room, which is deadbolted.....then 1 in the bedroom for protection.

Yes, we have guns in our house. And they are kept safe from my daughter. Some were my FIL's from when he used to go hunting and the handguns are for protection.

No way and my kids are not allowed to play at homes where they have guns. Locked or not!!!

We do have at least one gun in the house. The ammo is kept in a different room and the guns are under lock and key.

We believe that if children are educated that a gun is a weapon and not a toy that less accidents will happen due to kids not understanding the consequences of handling one they may find.

Yes, we have one hand gun that is in a safe place away from our kids, we have permits to carry although we don't take it out of the house, and we have hunting rifles that are also out of the way of our kids.

Yes. We're also in Texas. ;)

Yes, we have rifles, shotguns, and handguns - all for hunting and all kept locked in a gunsafe (the handgun dh takes along on pig hunts, a feral hog wounded with an arrow is not a friendly sight). The kids also hunt (bowhunt) so they understand that guns/bows aren't toys and are to be treated with respect - they've seen firsthand what the weapons are capable of. My 9 yo will take hunter safety next year and will be allowed to hunt with a gun after that; my 8 year old will have to wait another couple years.

We have several, shotgun, rifle(s), handgun(s) and pretty soon my son will be getting his first gun to get familiar and learn hunter safety so he can go hunting with his father. husband is a l.e.o. granted right now none of them are for personal safety, no loaded clips or guns. Ammo is in a seperate place that getting it to load the guns would just waste a lot more time. I do have a nice louisville slugger though that is pretty fast to grab.

We don't (yet) However, every time we are planning to be at someone's house especially children gatherings people we don't know well I always ask if there is a gun, if its registered, and if its in a safe place. I understand these questions are very common especially for the sleepovers of which I'm not a big fan.

Us: No gun, although I am not opposed to it - I suppose I should take a gun safety course, go to a range, learn how to shoot, and have one for protection

Brother (a cop): several guns, very well secured - he is single, so no kids in the home

Dad: has hunting rifles and my great-great-grandfather's Civil War rifle, but stores them at my cop brother's home because my little brother who lives with my parents is schizophrenic and doesn't need that around

Sister and BIL: Have a handgun in a wall-safe in their bedroom - they have 2 kids and live above their family biz (a daycare)

We have quite a few guns in our home. We have 3 safes ~ one has rifles and shot-guns (we both hunt), one has my .38 and 2 other hand guns the other has my husband's issued weapon from work. We both have CPL's.

Yes, several. All in a gun safe except my handgun, and hubby's handgun, which are in a hidden panel beside our bed.

Yes. One hand gun and several hunting guns (shotgun, rifle, musket)

I grew up in a house where we had guns. Nothing ever happened, although it's probably a small miracle it didn't, as we shot guns unsupervised on a regular basis.

We don't have guns in our house, but we have family members who do. In my sister and brother-in law's case, they have always had guns. My BIL is a hunter, they have land that they hunt on. He has always been extremely responsible and respectful about the danger of gun use and ownership and both of my nieces grew up knowing that if you see a gun you assume it's loaded and you don't touch it. I have never known a single time that he's left his guns loaded in the house or even unlocked in the house. I have never worried about being in my sisters house or having my kids there.

I have another family member who has guns and I don't feel as comfortable being in their house or having my kids there. They took some "class" so they could have a gun and now they feel like they have expert knowledge on gun ownership and use. they also use it for "protection" because they fear an increase in crime and home invasions in the city that they live in.

Personally, I think gun use and ownership (right or wrong) depends on the owner.