Are the police with you in your home when someone breaks in?

Is there normally a police officer walking with you down a dark street? No.

A firearm is a tool that allows individuals to assert a human right to protect their life, those of their loved ones, and those of strangers if they so choose.

Police forces are great assets when they can get to a scene of an emergency in time. However, there are many instances crimes unfold before a call to 911 can even be placed. Such as, after someone is hurt, after a home invasion, after an armed robbery, etc. That's no shade toward law enforcement. It's simply a fact.

I prefer the freedom and choice to legally own a weapon to protect myself during that gap of time.

I also understand, as most legal gun owners do, that it is a responsibility to own and carry a weapon. Different states have various laws regarding legal carry, self-defense, etc. To learn how to handle a weapon correctly, to gain knowledge of carrying laws, and to know the rules of self-defense, I suggest people take a gun safety course. That's just my opinion.