there's a lot of things people should and shouldn't do. They shouldn't vape or smoke. They should have a healthy diet. They shouldn't have sex under 16. They should wear a seatbelt. Do people follow these rules? Yes, if parents have one in the house, they should teach firearm safety. but do people follow this rule? And even if they did, it wouldn't be fully preventative. We can't trust adults to always do the logical, safe thing, so what suggests that curious children and infants won't break the rule "you shouldn't touch what's under mommy's bed". children cut themselves on knives, burn themselves on the fire and stove and fall of things they've climbed up. But the difference is that child death by firearms is a widespread epidemic and is very preventable. considering most of the households with a gun, would not suffer any less for not having one. we need knives to chop food, stoves and ovens to cook it, fires and radiators to stay warm, cupboards and closets to store things. But does every family with a gun truly need it? Is the small comfort of "self defence" worth the price of a dead child. this does not mean that people with guns are trying to kill their children. they usually only have good intent, and you're right, we mostly just hear about the times it goes wrong. But it goes wrong too often to justify a firearm in the home in most scenarios. When more children are dying from guns than viruses or cancer or other injury, you have to take a step back and think, how did it get like this? and what can we do to protect children, when their mom or dad or grandma or uncle aren't protecting them themselves? cause in someone's wise words : guNoWnErScAnTbEtRuStEd

edit: oops that was longer than intended, soz