Gun Control

I guess I am a real redneck, but I don't understand all the hoopla about gun control.  How many criminals or terrorists have obtained their guns while standing in a line at Wal-Mart?  I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess, NONE.  All gun control will do is disarm regular citizens and prevent them from defending themselves.  Do you think a burgler wants to break into a home where there is a good possibility of a loaded gun waiting for him, or a home where there are no weapons?  Duh!  If thieves and criminals thought there was a good chance that every home in America had loaded weapons waiting for intruders, I believe that might reduce the crime statistics. 
And this nonsense about criminals breaking into homes, and being injured and then SUING the homeowner - what a load of crap!  If you are in the process of breaking the law and get injured, then you only got half what should be coming to you.  What in the world is wrong with our judicial system that they would award criminals with money?  And why do I have to pay to house criminals for 40 years in a prison?  If you committed a violent crime and someone saw you do it, and there is no doubt about your guilt, you don't deserve a life in prison.  Public hangings would be a great deterrent for those people.  As it stands, they know that the worst they get is their freedom removed.  They get 3 meals a day, exercise, tv, college classes, etc.  When people worked on chain gangs, prison was NOT a pleasant place to be.  Ramble, ramble - anyway, I think gun control is just a stepping stone to our government changing ever-so-slightly towards capitalism.  Hitler did not come out and announce the holocaust on day one.  All changes were gradual and supposedly "for the good of the people".