There are hundreds of articles and hard statistics debunking the self-defense myth:
Heres just one:
"....there were 8,342 criminal firearm homicides by private citizens (non-law enforcement members) in 2012 — as opposed to 259 justifiable homicides (self defense)"
That is 32 murders per 1 justifiable homicide with a gun. One could possible argue that if those 32 murdered had a gun they may not have been murdered. Given that 32% of Americans own a gun, that argument still would not explain the differential between murders and self defence.
The problem isnt that you have a gun Ron, the problem is that crazies also have guns. Telling the crazies from the decent folk is pretty tough, and one can become the other overnight.
More irrefutable evidence (to ignore):
Who would have thought...more guns = more death by guns.
Gotta love that outlier Hawaii though. Must be the sunshine making everyone happy.