I think you already HAVE that right. The problem then becomes KEEPING that right.

I see you're American. You already have that right until and unless you are convicted of a felony. In which case you've made a decision which gives up said right.

I want the right to walk in the street without having to worry about other people who may be in questionable mental health carrying firearms. I want to be safe from people with grudges against me simply going to the store and buying a gun. I think anything else is infringing on my freedom. Just my opinion though.

Yep. I agree. Write your congressperson. There is another gun control amendment coming up for a vote in Congress. I agree with the basic laws as they exist. Guns should not be sold to minors or criminals. And I have no problem with registration. I am also against citizens owning automatic assault weapons, grenade launchers, or other "artillary pieces".

yes, the fridge stealers! lol

You already have the right to defend yourself under those circumstances. Of course it's pretty rare that someone breaks into a house to do anything other than rob it. & chances are if you were to point a gun at someone like this he'd either shoot you with the one he's already brought & is far more comfortable handling than you, or he'll take your gun off you & shoot you with it. Speak to anyone in law enforcement & they'll tell you the best thing you can do is to lock yourselves in your room & call the police.

I agree with you. :)

I think that, if you're an American and not a convicted felon or living in Washington DC, it's your constitutionally protected right.

I think I'm confused as to why this is such a big concern. Of course it would be a very bad thing to be murdered by a stranger breaking into your home, but this almost never happens. Getting hit by a bolt of lightening would be horrible also, and is about as likely, but people don't feel an overwhelming need for protection against errant lightening bolts nor do they proclaim such a need so strenuously. The danger that you're "protecting" against is vastly overinflated, and coming from a completely different direction. If you're going to be assaulted, raped, kidnapped or murdered, it's much more likely to be committed by someone you know or are acquainted with than by a stranger - people you wouldn't think to defend yourself against until it's too late. The Freakonomics blog discussed this recently using Department of Justice Statistics: http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/the-cost-of-fearing-strangers/ -In the U.S., the proportion of murder victims who knew their assailants to victims killed by strangers is about 3-to-1. -Sixty-four percent of women who are raped know their attackers; and 61 percent of female victims of aggravated assault know their attackers. - How about child abduction? in one recent year, “203,900 were family abductions, 58,200 were nonfamily abductions, and only 115 were ‘stereotypical kidnappings,’ defined in one study as ‘a nonfamily abduction perpetrated by a slight acquaintance or stranger in which a child is detained overnight, transported at least 50 miles, held for ransom, or abducted with the intent to keep the child permanently, or killed.’” Even of the cases that involve strangers, most of these are not home invasions either. Out of the likelihood that you will be a victim of violent crime, the danger is not coming from the stereotypical night burglar. In other words, if someone's going to murder you, rape your wife, or kidnap your children it's probably not going to come at you in the form you're expecting. The gun you buy to defend your home is statistically much more likely to be used to commit a crime (like, for example, to threaten or murder a spouse), or to accidentally harm someone (like a child living in the home), than to defend against an intruder (which unless you live somewhere particularly dangerous is extremely unlikely). In the event that there WAS such a threat, the gun is unlikely to make any serious difference to your safety. You assume you could get to and effectively use the weapon without putting yourself or family members to unnecessary harm. Maybe if you're extremely lucky, the intruder you shoot dead rooting through the den will be some dumb thief and not your brother Bob. Whether killing the intruder really impacted your safety or accomplished anything other than giving you satisfaction is another level of unlikeliness above that. Honestly? I tend to think that people who own guns for "home defense" are in some kind of masculinity crisis and want to inflate their feelings of personal power. It's a macho fantasy of defending your property (material and human) against the dangerous Other that threatens you so much. I think most people are too dumb to be trusted with concealable weapons when they can't even handle cars properly, and will proceed to do dumb things with them, like the guy who let his 7-year-old shoot himself with an Uzi. An Uzi. What earthly reason a guy would have for an Uzi, other than penis inflation, is utterly beyond me. Really that goes for any firearm not being used for hunting, and most of those as well.

you should be able to own a gun in america, it is our constitutional right. but in case no one has noticed- the powers that be are trying to take away the right to bear arms and many other rights we have..... once that happens- we are in big trouble. just look at other countries that that has happened to.

I think your absolutely right and justified. The right to self defense should never be taken away.