Quote Originally Posted by ShunNakamura
I am not so sure of that... guns in a sense can act as a type of security system.. just as dogs can. If a criminal knows you have many dogs, the criminal is more likely to go elsewhere. A guard dog is considered as dangerous if not more dangerous then a loaded gun.. so now we can not have dogs?

Basically I find it absurb.. yes we need to keep guns away from those who will misuse them... but we shouldn't deny them to hte general public.
How likely is it that the person who breaks in to someone's house knows exactly how many guns the victim has?
Plus, if you're home when someone breaks into your house,
do you think you're safer if you walk up to the burgular with a loaded gun,
then if you stay in bed or wherever you might be.
A dog is never more dangerous then a gun and I do not believe that
people who train their dogs to attack people should be allowed to have dogs.
In most countries in Europe there are nowhere near as many guns circulating
and there are also nowhere near as many gun related crimes here.
Handing out tools of murder to everyone is not the most effective way to prevent people from killing eachother.
Killing is the purpose of a gun and that's what it will be used for.