[SauronOfMordor]

One additional point: if you look at the places with the most rigorous handgun-control regulations, to a large extent they are places with a history of organized-crime preying on regular people (New York, Chicago). (Some would add DC to that list too, if we classify the federal govt as just another form of organized crime)

[backhoe]

One additional point: if you look at the places with the most rigorous handgun-control regulations, to a large extent they are places with a history of organized-crime preying on regular people...

Good point- criminals like victims who can't return fire...