Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: What should be the limit on ownership of guns? [View all]It's hardly a lame analogy when the proposed answer to gun violence is yet more gun violence. The RKBA crowd always talks about the "good guy with a gun" and thinks if most people were "good guys with guns," then criminals and crazies would stand no chance.
It's a fantasy at best. I live in place in the deep South that is extremely pro-gun and where gun laws are relatively weak. There's no reason why the majority of the people can't walk around armed. Despite that, the "good guy with a gun" is almost never around when there is a shooting or another crime.
Consequently it ends up being that guns are a tool for crime and not for self-defense. That is our reality.
Besides, you wouldn't want everyone to walk around armed. Even lots and lots of gun enthusiasts, the people who should know the most about guns and about gun safety, are so dimwitted they shouldn't even be allowed around sharp objects.