I can asure you that i would be allot safer if no-one stopped me from owning and carrying a weapon, then i would depending on the cops that are 30 minutes away, and need to be called to the scene...cops only seldomly stop crimes from happening, more often than not, their role is to solve the crime that just was comitted, and bring x-person(s) to justice, that does not bring me safety, retribution for my familly? maybe, but not personal safety, only someone who's at the scene when it happens can do that, and that usually means only you and the attacker.
So now im left with only my hands for defence (if i brought my illegal gun, it could have conseqences...IE the cops NOT beeing my freinds), not enough money for a cellphone, and the prospect of crawling maybe a killometer to a payphone, bleeding heavily, so the paramedics can come 20 minutes later and declair me dead, and the cops 30 minutes later to start investigating the scene...ohh i feel jolly safe!
So now im left with only my hands for defence (if i brought my illegal gun, it could have conseqences...IE the cops NOT beeing my freinds), not enough money for a cellphone, and the prospect of crawling maybe a killometer to a payphone, bleeding heavily, so the paramedics can come 20 minutes later and declair me dead, and the cops 30 minutes later to start investigating the scene...ohh i feel jolly safe!