Yup, I just banned him...

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Per capita there's more deaths by guns in places where guns are easily accessible (US topping the charts).
Do people not see the connection there?  
It may be a persons right to defend themselves, but why must it be guns? This attitude (and almost reflex response of "its our right to defend ourselves" when questioned) is obviously quite dangerous. Its not like nations who arent so quick to bare firearms dont also have a right to defend themselves. They do. They just dont put themselves in a kill or be killed situation so quickly. The notion that guns = defense is ludicrous if most people have them.

Simple equation. Stop people having unneccessary guns, there's less people using them.

And backtracking a little, but of course you can defend yourself and your belongings in Australia, but it all comes down to reasonable force (if violence is involved). You do what you need/have to do, without going over the top,.. like using a gun on someone for trying to steal your tv and xbox360 (as a random example). Yes, a thief is far from a stand-up citizen, but shooting someone is a far worse crime.

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Nah, Australia doesnt have many deaths by guns (in no small part due to the gun laws).

Again though, its simple logic, and stats back it up.
Give people easy access to guns, and there's more crimes committed with them.
It doesnt matter if "law abiding citizens" are the problem or not. The fact that theyre so accessible is the issue. Those same, much touted freedoms also apply to "bad guys" (yes I know there's restrictions in place for known criminals, but thats only a fraction of the criminals out there, not to mention more guns means more easily accessible illegal guns), which inspires "Upstanding Citizen" to also buy a gun. Before you know it things are gun vs. gun, so everyone is on a level, but pretty extreme playing field, making the playing field much more dangerous than in places where guns arent so common.

If my house was to be broken into while home, Id much rather there be no guns involved.

It's "funny". In my country I also have the freedom to have a firearm if I should choose to, yet Id never consider it, even for defense. When so few people have them it doesnt have the "me too" ripple effect.