Okay, then why were these people killed with guns?
Just a guess but maybe because a gun was available. Had there not been a gun available the killer would have had to use a knife, a bomb, poison, a big stick, a car, a rock, or maybe strangled them with a pair of old pantyhose.
I real can't understand how gun control people can be so simplistic in there logic (or lack there of) do they really honestly think somebody makes a decision to kill somebody then it hits them "damn, I don't have a gun... I guess he gets to live"?
It takes a person to be a killer, a gun is just another tool, and when somebody has made up their mind to kill someone I seriously doubt that lack of access to a firearm is going to make them give up and not look for another way.
Also like it or not the fact that the resident might have a gun will give the average burglar a little something to think about.
I live in a fairly rough neighborhood; most of my neighbors have been broken into at least once in the 12 yrs I’ve lived here. I strongly suspect that the silhouette target (with a 12 shot group in the 9-10 zone) that I use as a window shade on the back door might explain why I’ve never been a victim of this