No, actually, I'm on the side where I believe that guns should only be in the shooting range and not in your home. Why not just invest in better locks on your doors?
Why are so many American's scared of home invasion?
Does it happen all the time? It only has to happen once to you.
I only ask, as the only news I ever see about shootings in America here in Australia, are about "massacres" where it was negligence on the parents part. That's due to the fact that the news you see, as with here, is manipulated to project a political narrative. A little internet work will show you that you have been deceived.
Sure, we still have random shootings pretty much daily in Sydney's western suburbs (shit area anyway) and the shit parts of Melbourne. We have not had any mass shootings since auto and semi auto's were banned in the 90's. Granted, we do have a much lesser population.
I'm all for guns for the enjoyment of being at a shooting range or hunting, but for safety in the home, I don't. You all act as if you could calmly just open the cabinet/case that you would have the gun in (because you have it locked up for safety reasons, right?) and then stop the intruder before they can get to you.
I would be willing to bet that the majority of you could not do that unless you've been through training for this kind of thing. I assure you, I don't take handling firearms lightly and have extensive training and am fully capable of successfully and safely eliminating a threat condition.