Don't get me wrong I know of someone whos life was saved because they had a handgun themselves when someone else was using a handgun to rob them. I'm simply stating that for all of the anti-gun control argument you can't dismiss the idea that a total reduction in the number of guns or in the case of the swiss, a reduction in the amount of ammunition accessable to the populace would reduce the overall amount of death, even if violent assults stayed constant.
Or to put it another way, I'm pro-gun because I live in the United States but if I was in another first world country I would not want the guns to be more accessable. When I was in Frankfurts RedLight district I witnessed a confrontation that, had the two parties had easy access to guns, I know would have ended in a shoot out.
I'm not so sure if it would reduce the number of deaths by much. It might cut down on a few deaths that occur during domestic sqabbles or at drunken parties, but I'm a 90-pound weakling and without a firearm I would be on the losing end of any confrontation. In case of a physical assault, I don't like the idea of might makes right.
Or to put it another way, I'm pro-gun because I live in the United States but if I was in another first world country I would not want the guns to be more accessable.
I'm pro gun because I like having an "equalizer" within easy reach. As for other countries/cultures, well, I don't really care what they do. :^)