Toast is dead on. If you include your family in the shooting sports, you stand a good chance at winning them over. My mother HATED guns, with a fiery passion, until I took her to a local pistol club and let her run a few handguns with me and my friends. 'Lo and behold, she recently purchased a Beretta M9 (I tried talking her into something else, but she liked the way it felt. Not my favorite pistol, but at least she won't have to worry about talcum powder like sand) in 9mm. She has also volunteered to hang onto my firearms while I'm deployed, all 6 of them. I think that a lot of people believe that firearms kill, which isn't true. Irresponsible people kill people with guns. they also kill people with scissors, kitchen knives, cars and cell phones... Show your family that when used responsibly, firearms can be great tools, and a load of fun to boot, and I'd be willing to bet that they have an attitude shift about them.