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Unless having it is dangerous - so much so that the dangers of having it when you don't need it are greater than the danger of not having it when you need it. In which case it would be better not to have it.

Do you have bleach and Dran-o in your house?
If so, do you realize that you're sitting on a bomb?

All life is risk. Your argument that "risk is higher" is noted, but it doesn't move the needle. It's possible to train members of a household in how to safely handle, use and store firearms. Just as it is to safely store bleach and Dran-o without blowing up your home.

Just declaring that X is a right doesn't avoid all of the difficult questions about why you think X is, in fact, a right - and what the limits and bounds of X are.

Slight problem. X is in fact a right, it's in the Constitution and courts have ruled it as such, so there's no "you think" left.

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