True dat Blah - sorry I let myself get drawn into that.

jg - it's a no brainer in that scenario. The difference though is that because of tight gun controls (and I don't mean just laws, but border security etc. as well) the crims that attempt to break into my house are extremely unlikely to be armed with guns, whereas the crims that break into your house are probably going to be armed with guns. I strongly believe that tight gun control can work. What I don't believe is that it would work in the US. It would need to be a federal thing for starters as any city, county or state that tried to implement it would be unsuccessful due to the free movement of people within the country.