You expressed my thought exactly, Mick.

Each right carries with it responsibilities. If you are going to "keep and bear arms" you have the responsibilities to know how to use them safely, to store them securely, when NOT to use them or carry them, and others.

The right of a free press carries with it the right to publish facts and not innuendo and lies. The right to peaceably assemble, the right to redress from the government, the right not to incriminate yourself -- all of them have concomittment responsibilities.

Right now, my firearms are locked inside a secure metal cabinet. In addition, trigger locks are used. What ammunition I have is kept in a seperate, locked, container. And there are no children in our house -- only two semi-mature adults.

According to the National Safety Council, your odds of dying in 2001 (last year for which statistics are available) are 1 in

355,479 for firearms discharge,
388,411 for a fall from a bed or chair,
310,560 for an air or space accident,
19,075 for the occupant of a car,
76,249 for the occupant of a pickup or van,
46,960 if you're a pedestrian,
359,967 for a pedalcyclist,
93,719 for a motorcyclist,
270,487 for drowning in "natural water",
106,657 for burning to death in a structure fire, and
98,004 for poisoning.