Should We Be Allowed To Own Guns?

Not only do I think we should be allowed to own guns, I think each family should have 2 guns. It wouldn't make sense if they only had one. If my friend comes over and looks through my fathers drawer and finds a gun and goes "bang bang", I need something to defend myself against him (perhaps another gun would work).

Hundreds of children die each year from their friends firing a gun at them. Why? Because they don't have a gun to defend themselves. If they both have a gun they're less likely to shoot each other because they know they can be shot too. Countries with nuclear weapons are less likely to engage in war, just as friends with guns are less likely to fire it at each other.