People shouldn't *want* to own guns.

[Amishman]

12. It's not that straight forward

Full confession: I own multiple guns. Several heirlooms and a more modern pistol (cz-75).

I live in a rural area where police response times could easily be 30+ minutes. Pistol says in a biometric lockbox, the old long guns in a locked security cabinet.

I feel at least a pistol and a shotgun is reasonable for my situation. The shotgun is too long and awkward if I had an intruder in the house. The pistol is much harder to hit with at a distance.

I have used one of the shotguns in a defensive situation. We had a raccoon acting strangely; out in the day and trying to chase our dog. I shot it, strongly suspecting rabies (game commission took the carcass but couldn't test it due to time elapsed).