when I lived in Hollywood about 15 years ago, and "black man" entered the apartment next door to mine and murdered 2 young women with a shotgun.. I had no gun and was VERY uncomfortable.
I had no way to protect myself if the guy decided to come to my place next and I had nowhere to run. took the cops over an hour to get there. the cops job is NOT to protect people. the cops are only to enforce the law.
I now have a gun available to me... and in over 15 years I've only considered getting it twice, both times in my home when being confronted with aggressive violent people.
once I woken in the middle of the night when I felt the apartment shift like someone was walking and then bathroom door shut and the light went on... I got up and walked over, pulled open the door and some random guy was chopping lines on the bathroom counter...
I asked him to leave... I did NOT pull my gun or even get the gun. that's my experience with guns and why I have one... you don't want a gun... fine, leave me alone with mine.
