I own guns, and I am your friend.

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59. Why stop there?

You might as well say that, if someone's heart stops beating, call 911 but don't give CPR even if you're trained in using it...because, heaven forbid, you might break a rib, or the person might die.

Even if you live right next door to a police station, there's no way they can get to you in the time it takes an intruder to fire a shot or stab you. No way. Period.

In my case, our Sheriff's department is a full 10 miles away in the county seat. And they patrol the entire county, which means the nearest car could be 10-40 miles away. Even driving at 120 miles per hour (which they wouldn't, but I'm using this number to give some context), this means no Sheriff or Deputy could make here for 5-20 minutes.

If you honestly think people can hold off one armed intruder, let alone multiple armed intruders, for that length of time without a gun...you seriously need to wake up and face reality.

Although I don't have a gun, you can bet that I would try to leave the house with my cell phone and tell my neighbor who DOES have guns what's going on. If I can't escape, I do have a police-style pepper spray unit...but that's more of a deterrent than anything. It would be no match for a gun or knife.

I know we'd all like to live in an ideal world where the police can drop everything and protect us before a bullet could travel between a barrel and our skulls...but the laws of physics pretty much prevent that.

A gun would be a far better deterrent than my pepper spray, esp. in the hands of someone who is well-trained like the OP of this thread.