But literally nobody is proposing removing all guns from a society. Rather, even the most aggressive proposals merely confine them to government actors, usually

But literally nobody is proposing removing all guns from a society. Rather, even the most aggressive proposals merely confine them to government actors, usually a standing army. Confining guns to government actors means lethal violence is monopolized by the government. And there are many, many examples of how terribly that can go. Yes, if we could eliminate humanity’s ability to inflict lethal violence, the world would be a better place. We cannot do that because we’re humans.