The simple response that needs to be repeated to the left and media a like is this:
If they call it sanity to believe giving criminals such an advantage over the rest of us will reduce crime. Then we should all find ourselves all living longer more secure lives among the so called “insane”.
Or perhaps we should simply say that if giving criminals such an advantage leads to greater safety then Washington D.C. should be the safest city in the world.
The Newtown shooter illegally killed people in a gun free zone with while illegally in possession of guns. Regular folks not bent on murder do not routinely illegally carry guns into gun free zones. Anyone who can’t see the clear advantage in that situation is an idiot or an ideologue.
It's you versus him. No one else is near enough to hear you. You're trapped. In the millisecond you have to decide you can't tell what his intentions are - simple rape or something much worse?
You have a moment to place a loaded revolver in your hands and shoot. Do you?
They get angry. They get flustered. They don't want to hear it. No matter what, it forces them to think.
The most common goofiest answer is something akin to “my gun will just make it worse [for me].”