Take Guns from Everyone

Wouldn't it be nice if nobody had guns? If policemen walked their beat with only a smartly-pressed uniform and twinkle in their eye?

Everybody would be happy and no one would ever get mad or hurt again.

Okay, there probably are only a miniscule number of people who fall into this category, but the argument (or at least the inference) seems to come up often. I really don't know how to respond to people who seem to be on the verge of telling me that My Little Ponies never needed guns!*

But to the otherwise seemingly rational people who are convinced that making guns illegal would keep them out of the hands of criminals, I would ask this:

How well has making drugs illegal kept people from getting illegal drugs?


Notes: *I don't think the My Little Pony Rifle counts.
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