first, i was watching a documentary on "thieves" in german television. and they interviewed a few (ex-)thieves anonymously and they said that they would never ever break into a house with a dog in there.
second, for fucks sake i wouldnt pray. i never said i would nor did i make any religious remarks. praying in this situation is a sign of brain damage to me. even though i am not sure why youre playing that card, but ok. seeing your standpoint on other issues, i bet that praying would YOUR second option (after having the gun of course).
third, have you ever entered a friends house when they have a new dog? they sense if youre coming with bad intentions, and even if they dont attack they would at least bark their fuckin souls out, gathering half of the neighborhood until being "taken out".
next, if someone is cool enough to enter a house, "take out" the dog then he should be able to "take out" you too easily.
on another note, there is a slim (i admit, slim) chance of shooting someone else (family? friends?) than a burglar in a nervous, intense situation in the middle of the night.
oh and i forgot, without looking it up, 99% of people that you would shoot with your gun arent even trying to kill you. you always used the word "attacker". who attacks you? nobody. they want to steal something out of your house but not "attack" you. the thing is, if you think that its appropriate to shoot and kill anybody (do you know his story? do you know how old he is?) entering your house then that is over the top. being lawfully allowed to shoot any intruder on your property is just fucked up.
please keep in mind that youre probably american and a little brainwashed with your fucking american way of life. i know i am gonna get hate for it, but restricting guns has NOTHING TO DO WITH restricting freedom. anybody who thinks otherwise is a freak.
best point: i live in austria. i could get a small handgun, but not within the next month. i would need to get a license, wait until the request is granted, etc. i wouldnt be able to get a fucking assault rifle or a shotgun, flamethrower or tank or whatever you guys can buy at walmart. let me check, last school shooting in austria? never? (knock on wood)
the last bigger shootings in germany (all over austrian news) were due to the fact that the psychos daddy was kinda like you gathering all kinds of money for "protection" or sport purposes. face it: if noone had a gun at home, school shootings and accidental deaths would decrease like crazy.
that alone is enough for me. the 1% chance of killing a family member or friend and the 1% chance of preventing a public shooting is more than enough for me to be against weapons at home.
if you want to answer me, please make a 10 minute weapon rant beforehand, calm down and then come back with qualified arguments. your "weapons are the only reason i am still living" attitude makes me sick. your brainwashed bullshit arguments are nothing. please discuss my arguments one after another and lets have a qualified discussion. i know youre probably gonna "attack" my grammar or one of the weaker arguments i have made or call me a faggot, drug-abuser or hippie or whatever. if you wish to do so, fine, but without me.