[throwaway2037]

I was reading this chain of responses. They are great. The two of you are very thoughtful in your world view.

About your last paragraph: How do you feel about other OECD (highly developed) countries that do not allow personal gun ownership (except for hunting and sport shooting (clays, etc.)? Take Japan for example: Except for hunting and sport shooting, ownership of guns is not allowed. How do you feel about it?

[dist-epoch]

If there are no guns around, and if the Police is competent, I would be against allowing guns.

But the police must do it's job. Take Sweden, criminality is now rampant there, criminals are using grenades.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_grenade_attacks_in_Swe...

[soulofmischief]

The entire point of defense against tyranny is because today's well-behaved police can be tomorrow's racist State thugs. Authoritarianism is a ratchet.