This is B.S. propaganda that would make Goebells proud. Do they really think by protesting and passing anti-gun laws that they'll prevent convicted and violent felons from owning guns? No one can be so dense as to think someone who shows a blatant disregard for the law by, say... murdering someone, is going to have a reverent and exceptional respect for gun laws so as to go unarmed.
Like it or not the best defense is a good offense. If I'm confronted by one of these violent felons, I'd much rather take a shot at him myself than rely on my silver tongue to make him leave without harming me.