I wouldn't bet on that. There are an awful lot of handguns floating around the inner cities. I have read that the murder rate in Chicago alone is 4 time that of Baghdad, and I know we have seen our share of handgun murders here in Boston this year. Those drive-by shootings aren't done with spit balls, ya know.
Here in Massachusetts, where the right to carry is pretty much at the discretion of the individual city and town police chiefs, many of whom are absolutely opposed to 2nd amendment rights, it can be awfully difficult for law abiding citizens such as myself to get a legal permit. In addition to having appropriate training and passing a background check, you also have to demonstrate a "legitimate reasong" to get a cc permit. The police chiefs get to decide whether or not they think your stated reason is "legitimate."
No kidding. That kid that was murdered on Halloween in Camden SC last week was shot with an AK47. Guy unloaded on his family. They’ve got guns but probably not much ammo, or rides to go very far!
Yea, and they have some shotguns too.
I doubt they have many scoped hunting rifles, nor full power military style semiautomatics. They do have a few intermediate power carbines, mostly SKS and AK-47 types, but proportionally not many.
Never bring a handgun to a rifle fight, especially not when you are trying to fight on offense, and are badly outnumbered.