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WE SHOULD SAY: "So, you want to institute a system where the weak and elderly are at the mercy of the strong, the lone are at the mercy of the gang. You want to give violent criminals a government guarantee that citizens are disarmed. Sorry, that's unacceptable. Better that we should require every citizen to carry a gun."

THEY'LL SAY: "That is why we have the police."

YOU SHOULD SAY: "Okay. Put yourself into this scenario: You are alone in your home when you hear someone breaking into your home. Lights are obviously on in it, so it is not likely the person doing this believes no one is inside. What do you do? Call the police? Now think from a logical standpoint. How many times have you heard of the police arriving in time to thwart the commission of a crime? Do you think they will get there in time for you? Is that something you would want to bet your life on?"

Well, it is pretty well documented that police are not usually able to prevent crimes, nor or they responsible for doing such. Their job is to apprehend the criminal after the crime is committed.