I have never said that guns are the cause of crime.
They aren't.
At least, they aren't the predominant cause of crime.
They are more of an enabling factor, and a method by which a potential killer can kill more people, faster.
I had this same argument with a poster named Catzshit. She was and is far too stupid to grasp even elementary concepts, of any kind.
The "Feudal Contract" is essentially that the peasantry works and the nobility provides security. This is predicated upon the concept that a warrior must dedicate their lives to their craft to be effective. Swords, Knives, Halberds, Maces, etc. are weapons that require a great deal of skill, and training, to master. This meant that a martial artist, or warrior, was able to impose on any. In Germany, should a peasant tire of being a beast of burden, he could do nothing, the nobility could kill him without resistance.
Europe has a long history of this system. We Americans marvel at Europeans, we can't grasp why so many put up with shitty conditions. Most of Europe remains a vast underclass ruled by a wealthy elite. In some places like Greece, the underclass may not work, but they still live far below the standards Americans take for granted. There is a cultural acceptance of being ruled. But Europe remains a land where one's "Station in life" is largely determined by birth. That the elite would deny weapons to the peasants in Europe is of little surprise, Europeans have spent the majority of their history vulnerable to the predation of the ruling castes.
The fire arm is the great equalizer. It takes about a half an hour to become competent with a shotgun. Remember the first "Raiders of the Lost Arc," an expert swordsman has no chance against a common man with a gun.
We in America are an armed populace, we will not be ruled by our elite. Women are not inferior and will not be preyed upon both those with greater physical strength, because a gun makes them the equal of any man.
So we are not Germany, we don't have a German nor European culture of servitude. We will not be disarmed.