As with almost all things, the logical course lies somewhere in the middle of two extremes.
ONE extreme says anyone can own any gun they want, period. So, hypothetically speaking, someone with small children in their house could leave a fully loaded, un-safetied AK-47 assault rifle in every room in the house…JUST BECAUSE! It’s their RIGHT, after all.
I don’t think I need to explain why this position is insane.
The OTHER extreme says NOONE (except police officers and the like) can own ANY gun.
Because guns kill people.
Sounds lovely, but here’s the problem: If you make all guns illegal, then the people who ALREADY get their guns illegally (aka “criminals”) will STILL HAVE THEM, and I assume at least SOME of them will be smart enough to realize “Hmmm…I have a gun. No citizen can legally own a gun. If I want to rob a house, I probably won’t get shot. I mean…if it’s a really RICH looking house, they must have lots of money. And if they have lots of money, they wouldn’t be robbing OTHER people’s houses. Eureka!”
And what, exactly, are civilians supposed to do when someone breaks into their house with a gun, threatening the lives of themselves and their family? (and their personal property, but that pales in comparison). Use karate? A baseball bat? Maybe pull out that sword they’ve been training with for the past 20 years like that guy in ‘Raiders’ and show how amazing they are with it before the criminal (let’s call him “Indy”) rolls his eyes and shoots them?
*Knock Knock* Hello, McFly…
-Puppy >.< Yip!