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Also. reducing guns may reduce gun crime but that may be accompanied by an increase in other crimes since the deterrent factor has been reduced. And we know the police can't protect you and have no duty to do so. You are your own first responder is pointless without the means to do so.
Gun crime, though, is especially lethal. To say nothing of the toll of guns used by non-criminals against innocents based on fear, misunderstanding, or confusion (as we've seen).
And the police do a pretty good job, overall, of protecting people. I don't have a gun, I'm not my own first responder - but the general framework of law enforcement makes it fairly unlikely that my house will be broken into while I'm in it or that my person will be threatened or harmed. Not impossible, of course - crime still happens. But as a general matter, most people in the U.S. will not be the victim of a crime against their person this year - and that's largely because we have a robust and effective system of police and other law enforcement.
I don't know the details of your situation, of course - but statistically, you probably don't need a gun in your home. Unless you have an unusual domestic situation, it's exceptionally unlikely that anyone will commit a crime against you in your house while you're present. Again, because we have pretty good law enforcement.
