Quote Originally Posted by kamikhaan
You make it seem as though the average attacker is going to put a giant sign in your yard with giant neon green letters saying "I'm going to attack you at 1:30 A.M". How are you going to plan this whole thing out if you've got some psychopath breaking into your house when you're asleep, giving you perhaps 30 seconds to actually have a chance to get out of the house, depending on layout. Some guy breaks into your house, you're going to have a much better chance against a guy with a knife than a gun. People might be surprised at the number of household implements that can actually make handy weapons.
You hear a noise downstairs, get the gun, point it at the door? How are you going to defend yourself with a knife in that situation?

Any household implements you can use he can use too. You're still going to have to fight him and that's very very risky. I'm even giving you the benefit of the doubt here and saying that outlawing guns guarantees he doesn't have one.