"The only thing that could have saved them, was another group of hard men, with guns in hand. Think about that for a while".
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1533337/posts?page=27#27
A disarmed population is wide open for ANY attacker with harm to do- in mind. I have a gun safe full of all types of weapons - which I scarcely think about from day to day - but if and when the need arrives - I would hope to not hesitate in making a very noisy scene.