According to the CDC there are 300,000 uses of offensive gun use in the US, while guns are used by citizens 500,000 to over 3 million times defensively. The police can't be everywhere at once, their average response time is around 10 minutes. Even though the argument is lost by the liberals on self defense alone, that's not even the reason the 2nd amendment was created, it's purpose is to prevent government tyranny. I don't think tyranny is possible today or tomorrow but 50 to 100 years from now it could absolutely be a problem.
Also if someone invades your house, the first thing your going to do...
According to the CDC there are 300,000 uses of offensive gun use in the US, while guns are used by citizens 500,000 to over 3 million times defensively. The police can't be everywhere at once, their average response time is around 10 minutes. Even though the argument is lost by the liberals on self defense alone, that's not even the reason the 2nd amendment was created, it's purpose is to prevent government tyranny. I don't think tyranny is possible today or tomorrow but 50 to 100 years from now it could absolutely be a problem.
Also if someone invades your house, the first thing your going to do...
is call someone with a gun.