I do not own a gun, rifle or shotgun, nor would I want one in my home.  My husband is not a hunter and I see no reason to have one for any other reason.  I don't believe having a gun in a home as "protection" is a necessity.  In order to practice and establish safe procedures in your home, especially with children, it means your guns should be locked up.  If someone were to break into your home odds are you would not be able to get to that gun and/or get it unlocked in a sufficient amount of time for it to be a deterent.  Each year you read of so many children dying because they had access to a gun in a home that was not locked up properly.  If my husband was a hunter and I grew up around guns, I grew up in a big city, I might have a different opinion, but with our lifestyle, they just don't fit.