Domestically conflict free? Try explaining that to the tens of thousands of crime victims. More Americans have died on the streets of the United States since 2001 than on the streets of Iraq, the majority being innocent victims of armed criminals. This reasoning belies a belief that guns are only instruments of war. The author's anti-gun bias is seen by everyone but him.
These are the same people that will state that the Crime rates are down and yet the prisons are full and not be able to comprehend a connection.