With all respect Phat_Penguin, I have to take the opposite end of the argument. I am an avid outdoorsman who lives in suburbia. I own a .45 semiauto pistol and a small .22 "bellygun" (which is strictly for self-defense) I carry the .45 when im outdoors in the woods, camping, fishing, hunting, etc. Also, I keep it available for self-defense. I am one of the responsible gun owners. As the saying goes, when guns are outlawed, then only the outlaws will have guns. Let me just state a statistic that came out several years ago. I don't know where to find it know, but I do know i read it. The country with the lowest crime rate, at the time of this study, was Switzerland. At that time, (I don't know if it is still true) all adults over 18 were required to own a gun of some type. (Any Swiss people that care to correct me, feel free) The low crime rate (which i understand was less than a percent) was attributed to this requirement to own a gun. Maybe, and i think it is true in my area, if people know you are armed, you are less likely to be mugged or broken into. I know that if they tried to take away our guns here in Oklahoma, it would be very very difficult and there would probably be a small scale war, with all our ranchers and the like out here that use them all the time....I for one, would not give up my guns (one of which is an heirloom) without a fight. This may upset some people, but hey, we all have our opinions right?