Blatant fucking hold <| sep |> From what ? Violent attackers , rapists , burglary , attackers with deadly weapons knives , bats , clubs , wrenches , etc . At most it would be a knife . Knives are every bit as deadly as guns . By normalising guns in the UK , it would mean more criminals would have guns , That just depends on how your structure your gun control . Czech Republic , Switzerland , USA , all have different gun control measures and all allow for the carrying of firearms for selfdefense . although the US is a little different and laws vary greatly across the county , and as such , you see places with very tight gun control and very high crime like New Jersey , Los Angeles , Chicago , etc . Another thing to mention , as far as I am aware , someone sneaking into your house to attack you is very rare in the uk . I wouldn ' t doubt that home invasion with the expressed intention of attacking the resident is probably low , both in the US and in the UK , but home invasion Burglary alone is quite high in the UK . Perhaps this is onpar with the US , but I certainly don ' t believe it ' s very rare . One of the biggest issues when looking at Burglary in the UK is how it ' s legally defined and the variations . It ' s very different from the US , and then lawscharges vary widely all over the US . But comparing appletoapples with all types of burglary , government crime statistics for the UK and US show that burglary in the UK is significantly higher than the US 600 %. UK 2016 latest data available Domestic burglary 29 Number of incidents per thousands USA 2015 latest data available Reported burglary rate in the United States 491 . 1100 , 000 burglaryrateintheussince 1990 Burglary totals USA 4 . 911000 UK 291000 edit Those official crime statistics for the UK differentiated Domestic Burglary 291000 and In a dwelling 201000 , and I ' m not sure what the difference is . This doesn ' t change the results , though .