Again, every other western country in the world seems to be able to live without guns and without the 'we'll all be murdered in our homes' fear portrayed by the US gun lobby.
If you own a handgun (some target shooting specialists excepted), you are definitionally interested in shooting people.
No, many people own handguns simply for shooting targets.
Yes, I'm happy to agree most gun owners are responsible people and no problem for anyone.
If we had less socio-economic inequality and much better mental health treatment, our number of murders would drop substantially. Having lots of guns does not guarantee lots of murders. Just look at the other nations with high rates of gun ownership. Most of them have much fewer murders than the USA, which proves that the relationship between gun ownership rates and murders is correlation now causation.
Jesus Christ, dude, I just said exactly that in the post you quoted, and you are saying 'no'?
'Self defense' with a handgun definitionally means shooting people, unless you plan to use the handgun to deflect bullets. Are you identifying as Wonder Woman now?
Just because you want to be able to defend yourself doesn't mean you WANT to shoot anyone.
Defending yourself (and others) has little to do with preparing to shoot people, and investing your time and money to that end.
No, it means you want to be able to defend yourself, your loved ones, your neighbors with a weapon that does not require close physical contact.
You're splitting hairs.
Why? It sounds like the typical experience living in Britain.
As I said upthread that need has never come up in the lives of myself, my large extended family, or the families of any of my friends or acquaintances in the 71 years of my life. I see it as nothing more than a solution looking for a problem.
Typical in Britain, Canada, all of western Europe, Australia, New Zealand........ The USA is such an outlier that people there seem to find living without constant fear a concept that is hard to comprehend.
Yes, many US metropolitan areas have a lot of crime. Hard to get away from it unless you live and stay in rural areas.
Are you asking me my stance or telling me it?
Do you believe in the right of self defense with deadly force against an armed attacker or intruder?
Are there any countries in which citizens aren’t allowed to own guns?
Or Australia....
I don’t think it’s a right, that seems a very strange way of putting it. What I believe is that I and my fellow citizen should have a legal defence of self defence up to killing someone. As an example: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-48134851Do you believe in the right of self defense with deadly force against an armed attacker or intruder?