Just checked back to see what was going on and saw Raptor's question, "Gnu how did the gun laws make them defenseless?"

Very briefly :

Back in the '80s, in Canada, legisaltion was passed which required all guns to be "locked up" and, separately, all ammo to be "locked up". This was meant to prevent children accessing arms and ammo, was also meant to prevent adults from "ready access", thus helping to prevent crimes of passion.

On the other hand, this law allows crimes such as home invasions to be perpetrated much more easliy. The elderly and single females living alone are far too often victims of such crimes. Essentially, they are not only defenseless, they are victims of this law itself because criminals are emboldened by this law. Yes, that's right, that's more or less what I said...this law has increased crime.

BTW, before anyone calls me a bigot, read what I posted carefully... I did not say homo invasions.