You could be right.
Look, I've really, seriously considered owning a gun, since I live in a ground floor flat in London and have a wife to protect. The main problem is you need to get in touch with some often seriously crim types to get one.
As it is, I have a pistol crossbow, swords (OK, I do historical re-enactment, I admit) and a musket (though I'd probably have to tell the intruder to wait while I loded the latter) in the house