I own a gun but its been in my closet with a trigger lock on it for 2 decades--its staying there I do believe. Guns are just asking for problems--even toy guns that little boys play with in parks. Now I live in a safe area, if I lived somewhere else--Like Detroit / Redford, that might be a different story, then the slight risk guns pose might not be enough to deter me from keeping it loaded and ready for action/
Same with driving a car, if U are carrying and some jerk claims U blew your horn at him and pointed a gun at them, then its your word against theirs if there is a gun in the passenger area of your car. (the person could just claim they seen a weapon and that is why they were driving fast or driving like a nut in a fit of road rage--that unlikely but still possible, road rage happens and cell phones turn every driver into cops)
Maybe I'm paranoid, well yeah I am but then again I don't have problems, better to be too safe vs not safe enough. Yeah a gun could save my life but I'm not sure if I could even shoot somebody if I had to, maybe but then U could freeze and have your gun turn against U or U could shoot and then the cops could claim U over reacted. My hands can shake when very scared, I could see how somebody could fire a gun when they did not mean too.