I'd prefer to exercise my right for self defence using my fists against another dude using my fists, rather then exercise that same right with a firearm against another dude with a firearm. The former is less likely to leave one or both of us dead.
There's tooo many people who exercise their 2nd amendment rights in the process of robbing a cornerstore or negotiating drug deals.
I'd prefer what I have here ("even-decent-people-will-likely-not-get-a-permit") to the USA "every-drunken-nutjob-loser-has-a-gun" situation.
Well, my friend, life doesn't always give us the ideal circumstances in which we can choose lofty idealism over basic survival.
If you're accosted by one or more thugs who have the ability and the inclination to hurt or kill you, you'd best be prepared to mount an adequate defense, or you're toast.
Face facts. Guns have been around for centuries, and both good and bad people have them, planetwide. Even in countries where they're supposedly banned. They will always be with us in one form or another.
I don't mean to be critical, but it's naive to entrust your life and the lives of your loved ones to the police, locked doors, dogs, pepper spray, strict gun prohibitions, cameras and monitors, TRs, your buddies, passersby, your neighbors, or the inmate goodness of your fellow human beings.
If you're fine with taking that risk, more power to you, but remember - when seconds count, the police are just minutes away.
All that aside, your willingness or unwillingness to inflict mortal injury to another in self defense is a personal choice, but one you have the God given right to make for yourself. Men may suppress that natural right, but it's still an inalienable right.