Like you, I've mever owned any sort of firearm, however I feel that the restrictions placed on firearms has affected everyone. We are less safe because criminals have a lower likelihood of encountering an armed victim and have become increasingly common. The second amendment states that a well armed militia is essential for national defense. The citizen militia is fairly spare and not that well armed for battle. If a some of container ships from China off -loaded a few million infantry troops into our ports one dark night. How would we defend ourselves?
A well armed and battle ready populace is a deterant to a lot of threats that we may be facing.