I agree. I just think that those who believe the presence of an armed citizenry in and of itself generates a more peaceful society are wildly off-track.
Afghanistan, for example, has always been a heavily armed society. And it has also for centuries been a society heavily into feuds and vendetta.
Part of the problem in early modern Europe and medieval Japan is the bearing arms was strictly limited to the upper classes. Which meant they developed an elaborate code of politeness among themselves, though it was violated and killing broke out remarkably often. What the arms-bearing classes felt no need to do was be polite to the non-arms-bearing classes.
“Part of the problem in early modern Europe and medieval Japan is the bearing arms was strictly limited to the upper classes.”
If it weren’t for the 2nd Amendment, that could be the case for America today. With “upper” replaced by “political”. And the police of course.