Since people with criminal intent will find firearms or other weapons, it becomes imperative that the law abiding citizen be prepared to defend ourselves and family with any weapon we find effective and manageable.

I agree with Ted Nugent. The US Constitution and Bill of Rights should be my concealed carry permit, except that the right to defend one's self and family in any way necessary at any appropriate level, predates that document by a few million years.

All animals have the right to protect themselves, most carrying concealed or open weapons genetically engineered into them. The diversity of weapons in the animal kingdom is mind boggling, even at the human level of innovation.

The jail time for use of a gun in committing a felony is an extra ten years here over and above the base crime time.