>Gun control is in Canada. It's a social program started by liberals of course. It is going to cost the taxpayers a hundred million or so dollars said the liberals. Over a billion dollars later it still is a mess.
>Link - http://www.chuckhawks.com/canadian_gun_control.htm
>"Oops, we have an intruder. Honey? Do you remember the gun safe combination? Where is the key to the trigger guard?" And if you get this far without facing the intruder, then you must load the weapon. Good luck defending your home.

It is pretty sad for a country that proclaims to be a modern country that citizens actually do need a gun to defend their homes. I don't see that up here having a gun in the house gets the situation safer. The chance that I even have to use a gun to defend my home is about zero in the first place. The chance that accidents happen with the gun are an order of magnitude higher than that.

Up here all new houses are delivered with a so called intrusion delay protection. That essentially means a house can withstand a level a force for a couple of minutes before the intruders can enter the house. This means, good locks on doors and windows. It also means that it is not easy to break into a (new) house. You need some serious tools to do so. So when it happens it is by someone who's intention it was to get in and had made the proper plan, and not some drunk people making fun out of making some trouble.

And *if* they get in, I'd would give the intruders what they want rather than anyone gets killed by any gun that was purchased to defend a home. I'd never forgive myselft for that. After all the chance are that the intruded is far more familiar with a gun than the average home owner.

I know that NA has a firm tradition in carrying guns, because of the wild west... (In a sense not much has changed), but there will be a time people will realise that countries with strict gun control law are indeed much safer than countries without.