Guns should not be kept in houses where children are present

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70. While guns are capable of killing people, that is not their only or even primary use

More guns are used more often for hunting and target shooting than for killing people.

Accidental drowning and accidental poisoning are more frequent causes of accidental death among children than firearms. But no one suggests that it should be illegal for someone with a child to have a swimming pool or to keep toxic materials (including medications, cleansing products, weed killer, pesticides etc.) in their homes.

We need to do a better job of regulating firearms, including more affirmative actions aimed at assault-type weapons, large magazines, etc. We need background checks, mandatory firearms training etc. But we will get nowhere with blanket calls to ban all firearms from people's homes. Its ridiculous and only fuels the crazies that claim we are coming to take away their guns.

For the record, I have devoted a portion of my career to providing pro bono legal assistance to one of the nation's leading gun control organizations. That experience as much as anything has taught me to focus on the possible rather than the impossible.