Genuinely no, if some is attacking you then a gun is more likely to get you killed, giving them what they want will keep you alive, if they want you dead, then a gun will not save you as they will have shot/stabbed you before you know and can get your gun.
As for home defence, you are much more likely to be killed by it, than save your life with it
What a load of horseshit. If that were true then police wouldn't be armed as they'd clearly just kill themselves with it every week.
If you own a gun for self defense only and never train, keeping it as a paperweight in the mean time then of course it's dangerous. This is on par with giving a toddler a sharp knife and expecting them to only eat their dinner with it.
If you are attacked then you need a decent resisting force to negotiate a reasonable outcome, unarmed you will at best be robbed and not much further along be raped and killed. You are only endangering yourself with a weapon if you cannot wield it and it's your own damn fault if it gets you killed.
Says someone with zero knowledge of being mugged or jumped. ---