Here’s the thing, XT: your well-reasoned and nuanced response isn’t the phrasing that’s being delivered to public day in and day out by the people who want to keep lots of guns. What I wrote was exactly what they say, and it’s a bunch of bullshit.
People without guns are not defenseless, is the most important thing. No one denies that there are ways to kill without a gun, but some people deny that there is a way to defend themselves without a gun.
ETA: For example: