I saw and touched a gun only once, even though a lot of my family is on/was on the NYPD. It was at my friend's house, when I was only 6 - his brother had an illegal pistol hidden in the side of his bed. I don't know if it was loaded, or had safety on, but I accidentally touched it and I was terrified. It was real. At the time, because I lived in Queens, which isn't the best area of New York, there were a lot of Ruff McGruff (haha, so vintage) commercials about what to do if you find a gun in your house or a friend's house, and how they were dangerous, so my little girl mind was so frightened.

I haven't ever seen a gun since, gladly. Having a pistol is almost impossible in NY, because of the laws, unless you are a police officer, or transport money/jewels, and I don't live in a backwater area of NY where people have shot guns and other more accessible guns.