We are back at the bad history again. This struggle to justify the gun society is as frightening as the guns themselves. If you wish to use statistics , use this one...America has the highest murder rate in the western world...it has the highest level of gun ownership..is there a realionship between these things ? There are many countries where law abiding citizens don't feel the need to be armed..in fact, In Britian and in parts of Canada, the police are not armed....yet they have FAR lower murder rates. Why ?