Here's the one issue that the proponents of unrestricted gunplay have never been able to answer. Mention this next time you hear someone passionately talking about their home and personal defense.
Because they always, always, always will say their cold blue steel dildo buddy is for defense.
Look them right in the eye, square your shoulders, and repeat after me --
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"A gun is not a defense against another gun."
When they start to sputter, add, "Unless you are such a good shot that you can not only deflect their bullet, but deflect it in such a way that you can control where both your bullet and their bullet end up after the collision."
Think about it for a minute. Really think. If the true concern was defense, then everyone would be pushing for permits to carry swords, and reinforcing their SUVs to haul around their suits of armor.
I dream of a world where swords are not only legal, but mandatory for anyone over 18 except for registered noncombatants -- and the penalty for attacking a noncombatant would be the same as the penalty for a noncom using a weapon. Exile to the worst place on Earth. Bill O'Reilly's shower. Since that would fill up fast, I suggest a second empty wasteland -- the George W. Bush Presidential Library.
update -- wow. Seems like a lot of people are afraid to even contemplate the idea that a counterthreat is not the same thing as a defense. What's so scary about the notion that "Well, I've got a bigger stick" is not the same as "Let's all put the sticks down."?