Dumbasses! The only way to stop crime would be to be better-armed than the criminals. Pretty soon there would be a shortage of criminals. Gun control is usually spouted by someone who has never been mugged or raped.
We joke in NH (fortunately) that what we mean by gun control is the ability to put five rounds in the center of mass at 50 feet.
The common definition of a Conservative, is a Liberal that has been mugged.