Comment Re:Rule #1 (Score 1) 894
First, it's a lot harder to commit gang warfare with knives than it is guns. When's the last time you heard of a drive-by stabbing? How do you kill multiple gang members (and innocent civilians) when you have to walk up and stab them all without getting attacked yourself? Guns make killing and injuring people a lot easier than using virtually any other weapon.
Second, gun ownership is a risk to the gun owner. A gun owner is more likely to die by the gun (either through suicide or homicide) than to protect their family.
Third, you're considering only homicides. Firearm-related suicide attempts are the most fatal. Limiting gun ownership doesn't reduce the number of suicide attempts, but it does decrease the lethality of those attempts. Think about it: if you shoot yourself with a gun, you're at least going to the hospital, if not the morgue. And it's not just gun owners themselves, but their families. Morose teenagers should not have access to guns.
I don't actually have a problem with people owning guns, but I don't see them as trivial and harmless, and I certainly don't support unfettered access to them.