I was contemplating the issue of vens vs guns....Im a firearm owner, and I find my guns do their own thing a lot less often then my snakes do, they are a machine afterall, you make them work how you want them to work.
Being one of the 'city slicker' mob, I find I'm constantly pulling up 'bushies' on firearm safety (mostly land owners kids who come out shooting with us). Nothing like having a 16yo pointing a loaded shotgun around with total disregard for safety, or leaving rounds in the chamber when in storage ('Is that loaded' 'Nah' *checks breech* - Loaded), or balancing a loaded gun, barrel down, on the tip of their boots.....
I grew up around guns, but it wasn't in the way that alot of bush kids did. I didn't just get given the safe keys and let run loose with them.
As much as I'd like a 10/22 or somesuch for rabbits, Im pretty happy with the current laws. I've used plenty of auto's and semi's, pump shotguns etc, and I can live the thought that they can't legally be bought.