While I would spit on anyone who wants to take away my right to own a gun (I have not excercised that right yet), if I want a gun and the govt has enacted laws to prohibit me from legally obtaining one to protect my family ... like any criminal out there ... if I want a gun ... I can get one. And perhaps this is the better way to get one as the govt will have no knowledge that I possess it if I bought it from a crook.
Just musings ... maybe I will go fill out the MD handgun application at lunchtime.