You and your people allowed yourselves to be disarmed...deal with it. It was a mistake, and you're living with the consequences...deal with it. Regardless of which website on which the article appears, the upshot is that your own government, the same people who disarmed y'all, admits violent crime has gone up since...deal with it.
Stop wasting my time with red herrings.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Wouldn’t you at least have the choice of to carry a concealed firearm or not? What are your self defense plans if surrounded by a group of rowdys bent on giving you, (or a loved one), a new face? Gonna laugh at ‘em? Gonna beg for mercy? Gonna cry? At least in America we have the choice to be able to defend ourselves and our loved ones when faced with overwhelming odds if attacked outside the home.