I choose not to own a gun though I grew up in a home with guns and hunters and was trained in their use. Jacqui and Kendall sigh with relief at this fact.
However, I think of the courage of the US woman who, about a month ago, called 911 re: a break in while she was alone with her children, reported the situation and asked if she should shoot - she had a legal gun. The dispatcher told her that if she was in danger for her life she could. She did after he broke the door down and attacked her. The nut case who was breaking in died. Had she not fired the gun it is likely her stalker would have harmed her and her family. She was found completely innocent of any charges.
Interesting that the US is not even in the top 40 of countries when compared by Murders per Capita.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita
Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Ireland, Italy and others have higher murder rates. Wonder why guns in the US is always such an issue.