I can. I've had multiple breakins to my home, including a time where my wife and newborn were asleep and I had to confront a guy in my living room at 1AM. I've had people try to rob my business.

On top of that, I'm a veteran, have no criminal history and have been background checked out the ass. It irritates me to no end to see the same party that champions a woman's right to choose turn around and use the same twisted arguments that the anti-abortion lobby uses to deny everyone their right to choose when it comes to self defense.

The US is a very violent place. There's over 700 people violently victimized every single day during home invasion burglaries - and that's just burglaries. It doesn't count muggings, assaults, rapes, etc. The right to defend yourself is one of, if not the most important rights there are. All the free speech & abortions & privacy laws in the world don't mean a thing if you can't fight back when someone decides that you deserve a lynching.