I'm 70, not very healthy, on oxygen supplement 24/7. Most of the day I'm alone, far beyond the normal patrol areas of the sheriff's department.
No viable self defense option exists for me but ready access to a gun. In the U.K. I would have no options at all.
As for having a burglar "under control", no way, he will go back out of my door feet first and belly up.
Time for the UK to call on the NRA to get guns back into the hands of the Brits. I suppose those in peril could use a bedpan or a coffee maker to hit a burglar with but IMO, a gun would be much more effective and a permanent determent.