Let's try this again, maybe this time someone can answer the question.

[sarisataka]

81. I would put GC in my top ten, but not #1

Ignoring the redundancy, none of my guns have killed a person. Several animals have net unfortunate ends but I only choose to go into the hunts to rectify human caused ecosystem imbalance.
There is the possibility that someday a person may be killed but it will only be in a life and death situation.

Some people collect ammunition...

Do you lock up your bowling ball? I too do not bring bowling balls to such as bowling balls, golf clubs or power tolls to bars... They would serve no purpose. Public places provide me protection from many dangers e.g. sprinklers for fire, storm shelter areas for severe weather. One thing they do not provide me protection from is personal assault. I therefore provide my own tool.
I did bring a gun to bowling yesterday. It turned out to be useless to me; although in retrospect I probably would have done better with that than the ball. In any case, my wife was the only one aware that I had it.

No security is ever 100% perfect, but locking a gun is better than leaving it on a coffee table. If a gun is in a vault type safe, it would take time to retrieve it. I use a push button lock box for the time I am not carrying my pistol. Even from sleep I can retrieve it in under 5 seconds, much better than than SPPD response time. I also keep a flash light and a spare house key attached to a glow stick in there. My cell phone rests on top of the box at night.

The best family protection from harm by a gun in the house is education. Everyone in the house is aware of the guns and know that if one is left out it is not to be touched. The only exception being my wife and myself as we are the only trained shooters; all children and other adults agree to this. My children are learning proper firearms safety with air soft guns. After use they clean them and then lock them in the safe with my guns. When I feel they are ready, and if they choose to continue, we will move onto BB guns and so on. They may opt out any time they wish, but will respect, rather than fear firearms from the knowledge they have gained.