[falcor84]

Look, I don't think people should have access to these at all, but at the same time, I think that the average Joe would be a better custodian of these than Trump and Netanyahu.

My hope is that equal access might make us stop treating these things as if they are ok.

[yunohn]

This has clearly worked out well with giving guns to the entire US population…

[falcor84]

It definitely hasn't, but my argument would be in favor of making regular police forces be unarmed as well, like in the UK.

[Natfan]

we have armed police, just not all police are armed

[falcor84]

That's why I said "regular police". My understanding is that generally no one (including the police) is allowed to carry a gun in public unless someone already illegally introduced them into play. That's the world I want to live in.