I might own a gun if I had the time and money to go to get training and go to the range once a month. If you aren't going to do these two things than don't bother.

There have been 3 shootings within 4 blocks of my house in the past month. One of the things that all the shootings have in common is that no one died. The minimum number of shoots fired was five.

When your blood is pumping, your hands are shaking, it's dark or someone is pounding in the door can be hard to shoot straight. The only cure is to drill and train.

Why do you want a gun? If the answer is "to protect my family" you have the wrong reason. The only answer, if you want to be sure that a gun will be worth your time, is "to shoot someone to death if I am threatened." Otherwise you just have a piece of metal that gives you piece of mind but which without training and deadly resolve won't be worth much if the time comes to use it.

If you really want to scare off a home intruder setting off a car alarm with a FOB is your best bet. Unless you have some crazy enemies a car alarm is better than a gun, you don't have to kill anyone, you won't need a lawyer