fact: Guns are used five times as often to prevent crimes than to perpetrate them.

fact: We have almost as may guns in the US as we have citizens. Thinking that a silly law (that few people will respect) will make them go away is delusional.

fact: Guns in the wrong hands are indeed the problem. Put then in better hands. Everyone I know with a gun is sane, has not been convicted of a felony, and respects his/her weapons.