> There could be a baseball bat gang. I have a much better chance of running away from the baseball bat wielding gang than the gun wielding gang, and about as

> There could be a baseball bat gang. I have a much better chance of running away from the baseball bat wielding gang than the gun wielding gang, and about as much chance of fighting off a baseball bat wielding gang with a bat as I do of winning a shootout with a gun wielding gang (basically zero). The collateral damage from my conflict with the baseball bat gang will also almost certainly be smaller. Note: not arguing for gun control in general (though there are certain reforms I'd like to see, and some useless laws I'd like to see rolled back) and I didn't down-vote you. Just pointing out that in virtually all conflicts I'd prefer the baseball bat scenario to the gun scenario.