Even my 87 year old GrandMother used to shoot so I really don't have any problems with my family in regards to guns. I don't have many friends that shoot but when I actually started getting back in to shooting and handguns early last year, all of a sudden everyone was curious as to when we could go shoot. On the home front, our rule is as long as everything is away from our 3 year old and handled safely, it's all good.