I'm sorry but thats just not true. It's called responsible gun ownership. You learn, and train with it, so if you ever ever have the .01 percent chance you absolutely have to use it, you can confidently and safely. Using a firearm is an absolutely last resort option. Plus the average response time for police is 8 minutes. A lot of stuff can happen in 8 minutes pal. Think just because you live in a good police area and guns aren't prolific like you say it'll be fine? Criminals will criminal, they can and will still find a way to get at you if they want to. Doesn't matter if it's with a gun or a knife. My point is a firearm is at bare minimum putting you on even fighting ground with someone if your life is in danger, if it doesn't give you an overwhelming advantage. But again, you have to train with it and learn the proper respect and safety aspects of it if you want it to do any good to you.