I don't know who is down-voting the above post, but it is 100% correct. People have bought into the 'self-defense' mythology of gun ownership and it is just th

I don't know who is down-voting the above post, but it is 100% correct. People have bought into the 'self-defense' mythology of gun ownership and it is just that -- a mythology. The sad fact is that in the United States, the number one use of guns is for suicide (54%), followed by killing/being killed by someone you know. The whole self-defense/good-guy-with-a-gun scenario is rare, which is why it makes the news when it happens. I grew up in a somewhat violent area, gunshots were a regular occurrence, and I still maintain that I would rather live my life free of fear than go to bed every night with last thing in my mind being the idea of taking someones life