We are constantly bombarded with safety tips and safety warnings, to such an extent that if we seriously tried to follow them all we would have to work on it 24 hours a day and would die of exhaustion. If you go far enough on this course, you will end up living in a plastic bubble for the rest of your days, though it is probably unwise to say this in public - someone might read this and decide it sounds like a good idea. Regarding guns, all the discussion seems to center around safety. Pro-gun people constantly feel constrained to insist that guns are in fact, safe. That is nonsense.
Guns are dangerous.
Much of the current gun-hysteria centers around ways to supposedly render guns safer. For instance, we are constantly told by experts who have never been mugged or burglarized that guns must be kept unloaded and locked securely away. That makes a whole lot of sense. In the event that your home is invaded, before you can ever get at the gun and render it usable, the police will be drawing a chalk line around your mortal remains. Much is being made of requiring safety locks on guns.