A gun is only as dangerous as the person weilding it. If you are half smart, you keep your guns locked away from children and only use them for self protection or hunting if thats your bag. I don't hunt. I believe the animals deserve a fair chance, and since they can't shoot back, I don't shoot them. A human threatening me with a gun is another story, I don't really know the ending to it, but I would try and survive. I've been told that the army went to the .45ACP auto in WWII because it would knock an enemy coming into your foxhole back out. That is my main hand gun.