Unfortunatly armed citizens also enable crime as well. Technically if you defend yourself you can also land up in one expensive legal mess is a possibility..

Any form of gun control other than a very severe one would not work anyways. Besides the cultural thing there are just far too many guns out there already. Given that any time a percentage. Even if only a small percentage of a population is unstable. Guns in a society are a real risk and will continue to be so I believe.

Again for a percentage of them the extension of power a gun gives in their mind is a real issue. It is just too easy to use one as an extension of power in the wrong hands. It does not really matter if the majority of gun owners are responsible. That is not the issue. Like many things in life a few rotten apples spoil it for all.