Today's criminals and gangbangers outgun our cops. Our children are being threatened, murdered and cut down in the street. The 2nd Amendment does not protect the right to own military or semi automatic arms. With tens of millions of people owning guns, the potential for lawlessness and gun massacres increases ten fold each year. The current crime wave can touch any community, and social strata.
Handguns have no purposes other than killing people.
Households with guns are 43 times more likely to have their guns used against a family member than those households without guns. The vast majority of crime guns are bought legally. Most Gun dealers sell thousands of guns illegally to gangs and criminals every day. Repeat these facts over and over and eventually the public will begin to see the light. They cannot casually dismiss these devastating facts any more.