Übergeek 바둑이: I know about the various things the "left wing" wants to accomplish. And I know how on the surface they all sound like good things, but frankly I don't believe most "left wingers" even if they are sincere have actually thought any of it through.

The reality of gun control, limiting or banning hand guns, is that you cannot count on criminals to obey any restrictions on gun ownership. Taking guns out of the hands of responsible citizens does not take guns out the hands of criminals... empowering criminals by disarming everyone else does not reduce the chance of violent crime occurring. That should be obvious, but apparently it isn't in the minds of (your words, not mine) "left wingers". What do intend to defend yourself with if confronted by an armed bandit in the middle of the night, as you are you are laying in bed in your own home? A pillow? Or perhaps the ability to talk to him using your powers of intellectual persuasion? The best you could hope for is being laughed at before he does what he came to do... and that's assuming he only came to take some of your stuff.