I'm going to see if I can find some numbers, and I'm wide open to being wrong on this point. I take it you don't disagree with the main thrust of my post, that security should involve layers, and not just rest on gun ownership?
Certainly. The gun is a last resort; ideally you would not need it. Alarms (like dogs) and locks are great.

I recall that the antis used to moan on about how people were '43 times more likely' to use a gun against a family member or some such nonsense, based on a study by a Mr. Kellerman. This study was full of methodological errors, and Kellerman admitted as much somewhat recently.

I believe that gun ownership for sport, however distastful I find it, isn't inherently wrong. I believe very limited gun ownership should be allowed.
I'm curious, what do you find distasteful about the mechanical process of firing a gun? Is it the combustion of chemicals that irritates you? Or perhaps the propulsions of a metal projectile? Or is it the combination of factors from pulling the trigger to the bullet leaving the muzzle?

tribesy...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5195910.stm
The latest crime figures include a 10% rise in gunpoint robberies.
Violent crime overall rose 2% last year, with use of handguns in crime up 7% to 4,652 offences...serious injuries from firearms incidents were up 16%.
Of course, the BBC is biased...

CR