Man do you live in lala land. :doah: You say "police are around?" BWAHAHAHA! Are you going to wait 20 minutes for the cops to show and save your ass? I can name 100's of cases where guns saved the lives and properties of good citizens against POS revolving door criminals. It has nothing to do with paranoia but rather being prepared and not wanting to be someones bitch! What is a good safe neighborhood? Do criminals have borders? I believe "Helter skelter" was written on a refrigerator that resided in a VERY nice neighborhood. I can name 100's of good areas that had murders, robbery's and rapes. Yes, you live in LALA LAND.
My parents where in NY visiting and got ROBBED and almost beat up or worse if it wasn't for some on lookers. What a bunch of bullshit!
As for the wife, it would have been a knife, poison or anything, there will always be sick people out there but the news likes to HYPE up gun deaths for their and your agenda and unrealistic thinking.
Funny how they don't report how many people are killed by cars driven by reckless drivers,,,,, the gun stats would even be on the same charts . Same goes for accidental deaths,, look those stats sometime! Yet the media likes to rag on guns for people like you. :thumbdown: