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I agree with Alex. If you can't "think" straight, buy steel walls for your house and stay home.
If you are afraid that you will forget to work the slide, or that you might be befuddled in the middle of the night, (and don't wear you weapon at all times, as suggested (even in bed)) than you don't need a gun.
No intruder is getting into my home with out my knowledge and by the time he works his way to my bedroom, I'll have had plenty of time to work a slide. Thing is, my slide is on a 12 gauge. Ever hear the click-clack of a pump action, at 3 in the morning? It alone, can be a deterrent to some. If not, its hello to 7 rounds of 00.
Anyhow, every situation is unique. Some children are very inquisitive and if they live through it to be punished, as suggested, then that a positive. Don't uniformly dismiss this device, en mass. Every item has it uses and is up to the individual. For me and my Shot Gun, there are no kids in the house. It goes into the safe when I leave and, like the junkie down the block, comes out at night.
This is just my opinion, no charge.