Not long ago an editorial in a gun magazine urged gun owners to work for widespread public support for gun ownership. So far so good. Furthermore they have the right to defend themselves in a simple, effective manner.
Guns are the most practical and effective means of self-defense yet devised.
Handguns in particular are practical and effective because they are easy to use, portable, and concealable. Anyone, even the weak and the elderly, can carry and effectively use one against the human predators so common in our society. No legal law may require a citizen to give up life or property to the first sociopath who happens along. Fools may go through the motions and pass such laws, but those laws will be null and void. It is irrevocable.