I can honestly say I wouldn't feel comfortable having a gun in my house. Not to say that I don't think people should (my dad kept one loaded in our house where I grew up and he taught me to shoot as soon as I could hold one) but it would definitly be more dangerous to me than anything else. I couldn't shoot an animal at my leasure, much less a human being under pressure. Perhaps if someone came in and was physically threatening my family I could find the courage, but in this case I'd likely not be of much help anyway.

Fortunatly I live in an area I consider very safe, and burglary isn't something I worry about. I don't know what I'd do if I lived someplace in which I wasn't so comfortable.