So I just looked up some statistics and every single website I found had data stating that having a firearm in the house puts you at a higher risk for death by homicide. One said that having a firearm in your house makes you almost 3 times more likely to have violence committed against you by a hundgun by others. Also, for every 1 time a gun is used in self-defense 1.3 people die from accidental shooting of a gun.

These were reliable sources from the Violence Policy Center, Center for Disease Control and another that I don't remember their name.

I said those stats to my BF and he said what if he kept it in a safe and said we could still use it for protection. So I asked him, if an intruder comes into our home, do you think you will have time to unlock the safe, turn off the safety and load it while the person is still there and use it to actually protect us? At this point he got really defensive and said "fine, I'll just give them to my dad" and then stopped talking about it.

I just don't feel like he wants them for the reasons he says. I think he wants them for the sheer fact of saying "hey, look at me, I have guns". y'know? which isn't the right reason to me. If they are here for show then they will be used for the wrong reasons and not for the reasons he says.