I'm convinced the town I work in is full of crazy people.

[bldavis]

In the netherlands the chance of being harmed by an armed burglar is close to zero, and once we start legalizing guns, that chance will go up tremendously.......irrespective of the fact if I can defend myself.

Is that based on the criminals having access to weapons? Can they not smuggle them in by car from other parts of Europe?

No it is about the fact that normal people will have access to weapons.
As I explained before the result of normal people having guns will be that petty criminals will also start carrying guns everywhere.

Nowadays burglars don't need to and don't bring guns, they just try and make sure nobody is home.

which might be the case for burglars...but what about home invaders?

if someone is in my house when i get home, im prob not going to have access to a weapon anyway unless i have a concealed weapon permit

if i am home when they come in, that is a different story.
if they knowingly enter an occupied residence, chances are they are armed to hopefully have the upper hand.

as to someones comment about inviting someone over and shooting them, and then claiming self defense, you can claim all you want. but how do you show the cops and prosecution that it was self defense when the guy is holding a beer instead of a gun? (and no.."shotgunning" said beer does not count)