I wouldn't announce that fact in public with all the bonsai thefts I read about.
So what ? Kill or get killed ?
I understand you have a different culture, but frankly, having a gun in your house won't prevent you from being shot any time, anywhere, in a country where owning a gun is "legal".
Anyway, there are fewer and fewer birds around because of uis, human beings, so I don't want to have a gun. And I've never ever had an opportunity to feel like having one in my past 68 years.
I live in western Europe, a kind of paradise maybe, though it's getting more and more tougher here. But I'll never let the gunshooters, whatever their religious-political stance are, divert me from the ideal society where I was raised when a child.
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, that's my stance!
Many years ago, I left the door of my garage open. Someone stole my FG95 guitar I had bought in 77 in Dundee.
I was glad I didn't have any lethal weapon at home.
I finished a bottle of scotch, and thought : well, they're going to make a little money, and the one who will buy it may be much more of an artist than I am. So...
Anyway, what is "possession" ? I have things, photos, but what I can remember from the ones I love is more precious. They're non-material, if you see what I mean. So, killing people for earthly possessions seems to me totally irrelevant.
In the past 68 years, I've never been in a situation when I had to "shoot" anyone, and that's good.
I don't live in fear of thugs, terrorists, serial killers, etc.
It's so strange for me to think you "need" guns to feel safe, for me it's weird that people who own guns can live in peace with their neighbors. Such a different culture...
But it's OK, I don't blame you, it's just that I don't want us to think like some of you. Unfortunately the far-right is gaining momentum here in Europe, and I'm afraid we're heading to something that means "freedom" equals fascism - a bit like trumpisum where you live...
I wouldn't like to end like Stefan Sweig, I still have hope for the future.