World knew cruelty and war and murder a LONG time before gunpowder was invented. Things might be better without guns, but they also might be worse. If ending crime isn't a pistol shot away and we're back to swords and maces, ending a violent crime will be back to only the strong being able to. And everyone who isn't physically strong and capable being at the mercy of those that are.
The old saying, "God created Man, but Winchester made him equal" is far more true than people realize.
Before the gun, people had swords. And about the only people who could afford swords were the wealthier people.
Yeah, the poor could manage a shovel or an axe, but they would have no chance against a man with a sword.
Not talking a Broad Sword. I'm talking a fighting sword.
The term 'swashbuckler' came about because young men would wear fighting swords on their hips along with a small shield. And when they walked, you could hear them coming from a distance because of the distinctive noise they made of the sword and shiled clanging together.
And those guys? They'd just as soon run a peasant through as look at him.
In fact, the greatest tool ever invented for keeping the lower classes down is disarming them.
In Asia, it led to the Martial Arts. Kung Fu, Karate, Judo, Ju Jitsu, etc.
These all came about because the elites took weapons away from everybody but themselves.
If you've ever studied Asian Martial Arts, you'll see many and varied lithographs, paintings, etc of Men fighting with Farm Implements or sticks.
The sword was kept away from the common man on penalty of death.
Same thing here. Our resident dimocrap scum want to disarm everybody but themselves.
They think they're the elites... But they're not. It's a myth they cling to that enables them to justify their lies.
They're just mindless drones doing the bidding of their Masters.