Guns don’t kill people, swimming pools do

I have never been a gun person. I don’t own a gun, never have. That may be partly because the first time I shot a gun was with my dad and he thought it would be a good idea to start with the most powerful handgun in the world, a 357 magnum. I didn’t have any illusions about being Dirty Harry after that. Shooting that behemoth gun as a young teenage instilled a healthy (maybe too healthy) fear of guns in me.
My conundrum is that although I am not entirely comfortable with a gun in my house, I don’t want to be without some protection in that worst case scenario either.
Ergo, my brother, who is a gun nut, is going to take me to a range soon to give me the basics and see if he can change my perspective. Will let you know how it goes…..

Rabbit trail: In his book Freakonomics, the author states that if you own both a gun and a backyard swimming pool, statistically the pool is about 100 times more likely to kill a child than the gun is. Chew on that one for a while

Bonus: How do you feel about guns in the home? Have any ideas for alternative forms of protection?