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I have no defined, resolved opinion on this matter. I'd love to own a gun, they appeal to me on many levels,I may in fact buy one at some point. More of a rifleman than a handgunner, though there is a lot of fun in shooting handguns.

Most of the reasons people post about protection, revolution, etc. don't really sway my opinions.

I did see a funny bumper sticker the other day: If guns are outlawed only outlaws will accidentally shoot their children. But that is the problem with the whole debate. almost instant recourse to wild, emotionally freighted arguments and very little objective fact. A lot of unlikely "what if..." scenarios used as reasons to be armed.

I know a lot of gun owners and out of the group I'd say only about three of them are truly safe and responsible about their firearms.

I, personally, would like the right to buy pistols and rifles, and I'd also like the right to vet who else gets to buy them.

As for the old intruder in the house scenario I wouldn't need a gun. I'd be perfectly capable of beating the pulp out of someone with a lamp or chair or handful of quarters in a sock.

I can improvise.