The fact that you think you even need to defend yourself is a sign that there's something deeply wrong with where you live.

The first step would be to somehow fix that. Make everyone feel safe enough so they don't feel the need to have a gun to defend themselves.

> The fact that you think you even need to defend yourself is a sign that there's something deeply wrong with where you live.

Yes, I live in a boring dysfunctional dystopia called "Philadelphia", with a murder rate hovering above South America and edging into Africa's numbers

Which is why so many (mostly pro-2A) people are saying that the root cause is mental health in America, and addressing that should be the focus of our efforts rather than burning man-hours arguing over the symptoms (gun violence).