There is a general belief among people in the UK that guns are evil and should be banned.

It's true that guns are, and have been, used to kill and injure people.

However they're used far more often to defend lives than to take them, and this happens every single day throughout the world.

When guns are illegal, it means that respectable people have no way of defending themselves, this is something that the anti-gun brigade deliberately overlook.

This leaves criminals free to do as they please, causing violent crime to rise.

Why can't good people with families protect themselves, why should they be forced to live in fear ?

There are many cases of people who have gone out of their homes to confront individuals causing problems and have ended up being savagely beaten and killed, sometimes in front of loved ones.

Incidents like these leave wives and children so traumatised that they no longer feel safe in their own homes, and often have nightmares for many years afterwards.

Had these people gone out armed with guns and fired a warning shot, the outcome would be very different.

Guns offer the only adequate means of protection for the weak, disabled and elderly.

They are an effective equaliser, allowing a 80 year old old woman to protect herself from a 20 year old, 6ft drug addict.

In the United States, less than 0.004 percent of guns are used in crimes, this figure is so small it's almost insignificant.

We all have a human right to protect ourselves and our loved ones, and firearms are the best and most effective way that this can be achieved.