I feel like i'm about to be the target of numerous bloggers on here, but here it goes;
Although i'm not a vengeful person, i believe that one should be allowed to own a gun and that gun control laws should not be strengthened. More government oversite (i.e. sticking their noses) into our lives is not what Americans need. I'm okay with universal healthcare (though not so with having private insurance companies still allowed to kick around), but trying to have strict control of or complete removal of guns seems to smack of big brother. It makes me wonder how many weremacht and SS officers would have been killed by the Jews they were going after if people were allowed to own guns in Germany and German-occupied Soviet Union.
Having said this, there are other ways to defend yourself and your home from an intruder; dogs, baseballs (throw one real good and you can bring the hurt; put one or several into a sock, and you have a fairl good mace), cue balls (see methods used for baseballs), throwing kives, baseball bats, stun guns, spray mace, pepper spray, trank dart (perferably one that works quickly), nail gun (how are you going to make that one illegal, or control it?), super loud security system (though i wouldn't use it alone), sword (kitana would probably work best among swords to make a burglar need a new clean pair of shorts), exotic pet (imagine the face on a burglar or serial killer if they see an 800 lbs Siberian Tiger watchin them. But exotic "pets", at least the big ones, are dangeorus to pet owners themselves, and i wouldn't recommend them), spear, slingshot (used by IRA), etc, but guns would probably do better than most.
No matter what you use, a crook is coming into a home knowing that a person inside might have weaponry and are potentially dangerous, and therefore will most likely be armed themselves. Its a question of whether you have the armament to put up a fight or nothing at all and allow yourself to be robbed, raped or killed,putting your faith into the police department, who'll most likely wont arrive on time to save you. No amount of peace signs and "all you need is love" is going to stop a bad guy from doing bad to you.
"The Nephilim where in the Earth in those days..." Genesis 6:4