Originally Posted by WhiteSSP

No not at all. But any person who is capeable of handling a firearm mentally and emotionally would do good to have one.

If you were a criminal, and you had your choice of two people to rob, one of them you knew had a gun, one of them you knew didnt own any weapons, which one would you rob?

Its a proven fact that more LEGALLY owned guns has reduced crime. Sure it would be excellent to get all guns off the streets, but that is never going to happen, so therefore gun-control is flawed. In order to get every gun off the streets, you'd have to go back in time and stop the gun from ever being created.