I know this is an old thread but I'd like to add a perspective to it if I may.
I can understand some people have their particular feelings on the subject of firearms which is fine - everybody is equally entitled to an opinion (as long as they realise opinions are purely subjective)
My only request is to implore a little bit of reason and logic on the subject and not let rampant feelings and knee jerk reactions get in the way of what for many is a perfectly safe, traditional and legitimate sport.
I will admit though, that whilst I personally would not prefer to put a cabinet in one my childs rooms (unless there were absolutely no other options), logically and practically if the correct and necessary precautions are taken it is no more dangerous or 'risky' than having it anywhere else in the house.
Cabinets have to conform to a specific British Standards certification, thereby have to perform to a certain security standard and also have to be fixed in/to the property in a specific way so as to deny or resist any attempts to dismount.
Upon installation/application of a firearms licence cabinets should normally be inspected by a Firearms Enforcement Officer (FEO) to ensure adequate security conditions have been met.
These conditions are to deny professional, tooled-up criminals from gaining access to the firearms inside...
It therefore perfectly logical to conclude that any infant, child or other family member is not going be in any danger.
Also a lot of gun cabinets these days are combination lock operated thereby posing no risk of snoopy family members finding keys - although if you have a key-lock gun cabinet you should have a combination or keypad operated key safe to put them in!
Granted, a certain level of common sense is required in the ownership, storage and use of firearms but by and large it is not the legally, legitimately held firearms that are a threat.
You are infinitely more likely to break your neck falling down the stairs, slipping in the shower or falling over in the kitchen with a knife and stabbing yourself.
Also it is a statistical fact that dogs are a far, far bigger killer of children than firearms yet it perplexes me that some people worry more about a bit of metal locked away in an approved secure cabinet than they do leaving their kids alone with dogs... Which are after all, still descendants of wild wolves.
But in any case, I have digressed a bit.
At the end of the day I'm just trying to add a different perspective on things. I'm not saying its right or wrong to put a cabinet in a childs bedroom - that's up for the respective parents to decide.
In all the years I've been shooting and the firearms I've owned I've ever had one firearm related accident.
And that's when I knocked one of my mothers favourite vases off the window ledge when retrieving a gun out of my cabinet.
She didn't half give me a clout... Firearms can be dangerous indeed!!
I'd just like to end on a final point.
I can appreciate a lot of people don't like guns, and I'm not denying that a certain level of competence and common sense is required for their ownership and use (which is why the licensing system exists).
I think (i could be wrong) a lot of the reason that people don't like guns is principally due to that originally, guns were partly/largely designed for one thing. Killing people & war.
What I emplore people to consider is that an intent for something in the present far supersedes any original design philosophy of it in the past.
For the large part, guns that are legally obtainable and can be legally kept (at least here in the UK) are all but obsolete in respect of their original past design. Sure, some people still hunt with them (another topic for another day...) but as for the purpose of killing people - legally owned firearms are long obsolete for that purpose.
People's intent for these firearms is leisure, recreation and sport. And perhaps for historical purposes or purely curiosity and interest.
I still have my grandads old Lee Enfield Mk2 for instance, it's been in the family now for three generations and is well over 100 years old... What its its present intended use? As a heirloom mostly and as a piece of historical interest. And occasionally if I feel like it, recreation when I go out to the local rifle range and shoot with it.
Far from it's original intended design.
Although, do people still shoot people with guns? Yes, unfortunately they do. But it's exceedingly rare that it happens with a legally owned firearm or by a legal firearm owner.
And in lieu of that issue, putting more restrictions and bans on legally owned firearms will not serve to make any difference to criminals on the use or access to illegal ones. They will still obtain them regardless.
And even if all guns were removed from the world it is hardly going to stop criminals from killing people. Stabbings and physical assaults already account for a far, far higher number of deaths than firearms.
Unfortunately these sorts of people will still find a way of carrying out their sickening deeds with or without firearms...
Firearms are just an inanimate object at the end of the day and have no desires, interests or abilities of their own. A bit of metal and wood.
It's just a shame they take the rap for all the things that bad people do when using them!
Alas, I've rambled enough I think. Just wanted to express myself.
Why not pop down to your local clay range or rifle range and see what it's all about. We're quite a decent bunch of people and cater for all ages, genders and inclinations.
Never know, might enjoy yourself :)
(I should express that my opinions/thoughts in this post are based on the UK and that I do not condone or approve of some of the lunacy that goes on in the US)