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this is true, but having one is definitely going to be more useful than not. At the very least you have some sense of self defense, at a ranged distance.
My point is, worrying about something prematurely is better than worrying about something after it's too late. You wanna know why the internet explodes once a year because of cloudflare? People not worrying about things until after they implement them.
do you live in a multi story building currently or at any point in your life have/will live in a multi story building?
Those have stairs, those are dangerous.
You can still do all of what you suggested even while having a gun on you and being ready to use it. It's a question of how much you care. And how much the person breaking in cares. It's pretty likely that the person breaking in is just going to leave once they see you, let alone realize you have a weapon. If they have a weapon, you'll be better off with a weapon, regardless of what you do in that scenario.
If you're worried about escalation you can hide, and stay armed in case you need to be. They can cause accidents, that's true of everything. Ask anybody who works with power tools, they'll say the same thing. Ask people that drive motorcycles, they'll say the same thing. Ask people who engage with sports, they'll say similar things depending on the sport.
A lot of what we do is dangerous, a lot of that stuff is also done for recreation. Some of it not so much. There's no getting around it, all you can do is practice good etiquette and keep on top of safety. Like everybody else. I'm sure there are things that you do for leisure or entertainment that could be fairly dangerous in the right scenario. I mean im sitting here looking at a screen, typing on a keyboard, one of which is bad for my eyes, the other of which is bad for my back, and the final one is bad for my hands/wrists. Ideally i shouldn't be doing any of this, and i should be going outside, but that just shifts the danger to other things like power tool accidents.
I mean hell, you probably use your car for things that you don't need to be doing, which is arguably more dangerous than just owning a gun, storing it appropriately, and correctly maintaining it. It's almost ironic, a lot of gun owners take better care of their guns than they do their own cars. Even though those should be looked after better. I can see why you'd be scared/concerned about them. But ultimately, it's nothing more significant than anything else. ANYTHING that can cause bodily harm and injury should be carefully monitored.