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I would be. Stripping old paint by sanding maximizes the exposure to you and anyone nearby. Doing it without proper PPE is not a good idea. And then you have the cleanup issue afterwards.
Try google, lots of stuff on it on the web. There's over 2600 hits on google on lead paint just for this forum.