text: to people who own a gun for self protecting purposes.........? i'm not asking this question to criticize or congratulate anyone afterwards.  but i wonder......  do you think it's easy to kill someone in self defense or do you only hope that they get scared when they see your gun? do you dread the moment, in which you have to decide to pull the trigger or not? and if that's the case, which fear is bigger: the fear of getting harmed or the fear of taking a live? do not own a gun or threaten with a gun unless you can actually follow through with the action.it is can be more dangerous to yourself if you bring a weapon or threaten to use one and cannot do it. it is to easy for you to lose a weapon and have it used against you by a desparate intruder.