I’ve never been too impressed with the guns-for-home-defense rationale for ownership, frankly. Having one on hand clearly makes certain people *feel* safer, like our friend here, but as far as I can see, just by putting one in the house your odds of accidental death or injury by your own hand go up by about one million percent while your odds of a home invasion robbery remain unchanged and are now dramatically overshadowed by the additional risk you’ve just voluntarily taken on. The fact is that most people who rob homes do their best to NOT encounter the inhabitants, for obvious reasons. Most home invasion robberies last about five minutes or less and consist of the thief breaking in, grabbing whatever valuables they see lying around on the surface of the house, and get the fuck out. The best solution is to simply pick up and move somewhere that’s safe enough for kids to play on the street, and leave the effing firearm behind.

Unless of course you are moving to the country, where there are many good reasons to own and use a gun that don’t involve aiming them at other people.