Re:been debunked (Score 1)

Whether Canada's lower rate of gun deaths is due to Canada's greater restrictions on handgun is an interesting question but I don't know if it is particularly relevant to the poster's question. The poster asked what was the best way to defend his mother (though admittedly he did say let's not try to hurt anybody) and his home from danger. On the assumption that he lives in the United States, with many criminals being armed as well as law-abiding citizens, with human nature being that a smart person is going to do the things with least cost in order to accomplish your objective-the argument is the poster should learn to use a weapon and make it clear that the home is armed in order to deter any crime-or prevent it from happening if his house is breaking into. If he were to live in Canada and perhaps the risk of getting caught for owning a hand gun was excessive and of course it's not a good idea to break the law and assuming criminals don't arm themselves (I don't know if this is true) a different option would be in order. If the US were able to lower the rate of gun ownership to Canada's tommorow maybe the answer would be different. But the poster asked how to defend his family and not how we could decrease the amount of crime- so though the posting is interesting I don't know if it is a response to previous posters debunking the idea that gun ownership would harm his family.