1. Having a gun makes you less safe and more likely to be murdered.
No. It doesn't. To say that means that the criminals are shooting in self defense when they see you armed with a gun. Do you believe that??
Also, paying people protection money isn't my idea of living. I do not want to have to pay people off to do business, live or love.
2. Assault weapons are designed to kill people, there is no valid use for them.
Hitler coined the phrase "assault rifle" BTW. True military rifles are not for sale in the U.S. We can buy older ones if they are registered and we are licensed and have $10,000 laying around or if they are of a more primitive design.
The Assault weapons that you are a referring to are not the same thing. They are simply guns that have been made to look cool, but function no differently than any other gun that you don't have a problem with.
3. Nobody needs a high capacity magazine.
Well, the law exempts police and military. Apparently THEY NEED them. There is the myth in the world about guns that somehow I can get by with a musket, while a LEO NEEDS an automatic weapon. I disagree. I face the same threats, maybe not as often, but it isn't like 2nd or 3rd class criminals come after us and the 1st string go after the cops.
Imagine trying to by a table saw or sports equipment and the clerk saying to you, "sorry sir, you are not a licensed professional, so you do not NEED that saw or golf club. You can get by on old outdated clubs and tools."
4. You have to register your car, your birth, your business - why not your gun?
Illegals drive, people with revoked licenses drive, drunks drive, criminals do business, use business to launder money. The government has created this idea that THEY have oversight and that bowing to their authority and relinquishing your freedom can gain you something. Licensing drivers hasn't stopped any of the above from happening, nor has licensing business or stock brokers or banks.
It is just a way to keep people from opening businesses or driving or owning guns and a better way to tax those events. It does nothing else and serves no other purpose.
5. Why shouldn't people who carry guns have to prove they are able to use them?
A gun is the generally the best kind of weapon we have. It doesn't take years of mastery and training to wield, it can be used at a distance, etc... So, if you USE a gun in self defense, you merely used the best tool available for the job.
You do not use a hand saw to chop a tree do you? Why? Chainsaws are better, that is why.
Self Defense is necessary in this world. If you cannot defend yourself, people will take your food and you will die. A gun gives you the best chance to defend yourself and walk away alive. Feel free to use a knife, but when you use it, you will be asking "why is the government keeping me from defending myself with the MOST efficient weapon for the task."
6. Keeping your cat indoors increases it's lifespan and decreases risk of disease, death and other injuries.
Putting us all in a medically induced coma at the hospital would keep us all safe and sound; however it would also deny us the very experiences that we were created / adapted, or however you want to look at it, to have. We wouldn't be human anymore, but flesh plants.