Spey Rod, I believe what most folks are missunderstanding is that they believe that your picture which includes your gun/knife is that it means that you leave them laying around so that the kids could accidentally injure themselves. I believe that you put them on the table in order to include them in the picture and then put them back in your holster/pocket. I believe that you are aware of any possible dangers to your children that may be in that area and that you are mitigating those risks as you see fit. You obviously care about your children in that you are not using the weapon as they do not have the proper hearing protection (unless of course there were a valid reason such as an unwanted mountain lion showing up). The problem with posting pics of this type is that you will definitely get a variety of opinions based upon the assumptions that are made from a split second in time. Thank God we live in a country that we are all free to express our opinions which will most certainly vary based upon the area of the country in which we are raised and what is our own social norm.