Wow... just wow... i just read all of that and i dont know what to say...
Well yes I do... but you know... ill keep this simple.
I do not live in a community with a gate or guards and do leave my dwelling. The police are not able to be there 100% of the times so there by are relegated to being a reactive force against crime and not a proactive one. So the burden to protect my home my life and my family are left up to me and me alone. Period point blank.
The Supreme Court has ruled the second amendment allows me to own as many firearms as I want so I am well within the law.
Lastly gun free zones are good guy gun free zones... Countries with a high population of gun owners and gun carriers have less issues... the swiss are an example but so is isreal. Terrorist stop using guns to stage attacks inside of Israel after the government started to encourage its citizens to become arms and conceal carry...
Yes guns can be dangerous. Yes there should be higher standards to own and carry a firearm. However a properly trained citizen prepared to defend him self is an asset to his home and his community.
Lastly, an armed country insures a free country... only tyrant’s fear an armed populous.