Quote Originally Posted by olstyn View Post
Maybe I'm overcautious, but I do my gun cleaning out in the garage. Between the solvents and what's being cleaned off of/out of the guns, I don't want that process happening where I eat. (Even if you shoot only jacketed/plated rounds, there *is* lead involved because the active ingredient in most modern priming compound is lead styphnate, and burning it gets residue all over the gun, especially in the barrel and action.)
I'm kind of embarrased right now, our dining table is lucky if it gets used for dining once a year . It typically gets used as the place I dump stuff when I walk in the door, and as a resting place for (the large number of) things I haven't gotten around to putting away. But I don't think you're being overcautious, I was reading a study that came out recently about lead and brain function, and the new findings suggest that the current EPA "safe" levels are actually far too high. So I think anything we can do to reduce exposure is a good idea.