There is a flipside to this. In my country murders are the highest in the world even though we have extremely strict gun controls. The problem is that criminal

There is a flipside to this. In my country murders are the highest in the world even though we have extremely strict gun controls. The problem is that criminals often do not follow the (gun control) laws. And it therefore gives them an advantage (since they are sure that their opponents do not have guns). What also happens is that policemen and soldiers rent their guns or sell their guns. You should bear in mind that guns are used for less than 50% of murders. The percentages of illegal guns used for this are much lower. What often happens is that criminals target old people in rural areas. They are often seen as soft targets since they cannot put up physical resistance and they are far from help (police, neighbours, etc…). Our neighbour was murdered with an axe and a panga. I cannot help but think that guns would equalise this situation.