Reply #40: It is not a pointless question...

[Spica]

which is exactly the point. And using a bunch of non sequitors isn't a historical reference to a place and time where the average man was safer due to lack of access to handheld weapons. I can come up with event after event where weapons restrictions directly resulted in the death of thousands and millions in some case. England and Australia have seen a explosion of crime since they banned guns. Criminals have guns while the average person does not. England has gone so far as to jail people who stood up to the criminals and hurt the poor criminals.