jgoins, I agree with you. What I don't understand is what it is you want to be prepared for? The only thing I would be afraid of is a violent criminal entering my home. For that purpose one gun would be enough, and there would be no reason for me to supply my neighbours with guns.

Another thing to worry about is a civil war, but I can't imagine that taking place, neither in USA nor in my country (Denmark).

I have followed your debates regarding the rights to bear arms. I know I start another discussion here, but in my country nobody is allowed to own a gun unless it for hunting or competition. You need a hunting license to get a firearms certificate for shotgun or riffle. To be allowed to own a handgun you have to have been a member of a shooting club for several years, and you need to have a clean criminal record. Nobody in this country can get permit to own the kind of weapons shown in the picture.

In USA there are 10,84 times as many murders as in Denmark (0.0279271 per 1,000 people in USA, 0.00257732 per 1,000 people in Denmark). In other words, the more guns the more murders. So objectively you are better off without guns. I'm aware though that objective considerations are worth nothing if you are attacked by somebody with guns. However that situation very seldom occurs in this country since it is so difficult the get hold of a gun.

I'm aware the situation is very different in USA and Denmark, but I know for sure that if it was as easy to get a gun here as it is in USA it would be much more dangerous to live here.