@theorytoe @enigmatico Well, _in the limit_ gun control does stop armed crime. If one could eradicate all guns from the world, and also all knowledge about how to build them - then there's no more gun violence.

But the more interesting question is, would there be _more_ or _less_ total violence then? More or less murders?

Cain needed just a rock to kill Abel. David however shot Goliath - probably because as a felon Goliath couldn't own a slingshot ;)

However, the practical problem is that one can't just do that. Any measure of gun control favors criminals first, as they're the ones least impacted by any bans. They're on the run already, after all...

So in this imperfect world, the main question where people differ is, should civilians own guns, or should we have so high police presence that crime is actually stopped before anyone dies? IMHO both are valid extremes, and most countries pick an option somewhere in the middle. No option is really perfect.