No.
More guns, less crime.
That's the name of a book, actually. It was written by
John Lott. He's an economist, and he did one of the most exhaustive studies on the topic ever.
So let's see, pulling a gun out of a drawer and clicking the safety off before someone gets done beating down your door takes too long and is crazy and unreasonable and could never work.
Therefore, let's count on our policemen arriving instantly. Just call your state and local governments and have them repeal, err...what's those laws again? Right, the laws of physics.
No see you've got it backwards.
Maybe 1 or 2 criminals will do something bad with a gun, but that doesn't make it right to violate other people's property rights, namely their right to persue a hobby that harms no one (until someone decides to try and harm them or their property).
And speaking of black markets, banning guns doesn't work any better than banning liquor or drugs.
Why is it okay for The State to kill people for minor infractions, but it is not okay for homeowners to have a gun and use it to do the same for serious infractions ("hot" burglaries)?
It also isn't obvious that guns help criminals more than their potential victims. If both sides have a gun, it's even. If both are unarmed, the criminal has a lopsided advantage, since he is most likely young and male.
My grandma doesn't live near gangs, I'm not crippled, and "just move" is out-and-out ivory-tower horseshittery.
Aside from the fact that americans have spent the last few decades doing exactly that (to little avail), they shouldn't have to. Pick up and move (as if the criminals can't follow, ha ha)? No thanks, I'll take the gun, and frankly you can't stop me. It's not too expensive to move, I'm just not going to, and others shouldn't have to either. (the reason it's not too expensive is because I go to work every day and can't babysit relatives at the same time)
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Yes, I too know Mexicans like this. They manage to earn $50 a week, and stay home and protect grandma all day, and drive an Escalade, and have a plasma TV. I believe around here the informal term for them is "drug dealer".
Hint: the protection these "drug dealers" provide for their families is not provided by "neighborhood comradery". It is provided by machines which can eject metal particles at hypersonic speeds (known also as "guns"). Rumor has it, these "drug dealers" are rather fond of their "guns".
lmao..."internet tough"...if you can produce evidence that you're a day over 16, I'll eat my freaking shoe