Key is the "IF" in your statement. To date they are not banned. Should firearms be banned then the whole equation changes.
We know what's coming and they will do whatever is necessary to overstep the Constitution that affords us the right to protect our home and families.....should they succeed in banning firearms....and I think eventually they will, Then folks need to determine alternatives now and not wait until their choices are far more limited.
Irrelevant argument. The post of Altariel's to which you were responding was predicated on them being banned (go back and read it again), and therefore your response should be assumed to be based on that as well.