My personal view is guns should not be in home for self defence purposes
While you can certainly hold that view, our founders held a different view and added the Bill of Rights to the US Constitution so every lawful citizen can have the right to do these:
- Under First Amendment, right to free speech even when you are at home
- Under Second Amendment, right to self defense even when you are at home, as ruled by the US Supreme Court in DC v Heller
You can also hold the view that free speech should not exist at home, and you are free to do so. But your decision to hold that view does not change the fact that others have the right to free speech at home, if they choose to hold that view also.
And while you can hold the view that guns should not be in home for self defense, your decision does not change the fact that others have the right to keep and bear arms at home for self defense, if they choose to do so.
My personal view is guns should ... be locked up in a gun safe when not in use
While you can certainly hold that view, the US Supreme Court ruled that District of Columbia's requirement that lawfully owned firearms be unloaded and disassembled or bound by a trigger lock was unconstitutional.
Of course, just as one can hold the view to not exercise the right to self defense at home; one can also choose to lock up guns in a gun safe but that does not change the fact that others have the right to keep (store) guns at home and bear (carry) guns at home also.
There is hardly a need to have a gun in the home for self [defense] purposes.
I disagree as burglary, rape, violent crime and murder can happen in every town/city all across the country.
Guns in the home for self [defense] makes the gun owner a dangerous person.
But one can argue that cooking knives at home can make home owner a dangerous person so we should ban all cooking knives.
It would be nice if the American police would deny guns for self [defense] purposes.
Every law enforcement officer takes an oath to support and defend the US Constitution and denying guns for self defense would be unconstitutional.
There is simply no need for people to have them.
How about for self defense?
There should be strict gun control laws in place to keep guns out of the hands of criminals
We also have strict laws in place that require criminals from committing crimes. These laws have gotten more strict over the years. Have these anti-crime laws prevented criminals from committing crime?
A gun in the home makes home owners and criminals more prone to violence.
So can cooking knives at home.