Your parochial view of the world is sickening. When will you see beyond the limits of your 'not in my back yard' attitude.
Guns are dangeorus.
30,000 people in the US last year were killed by gun related incidents. To kill somebody in this way a bullet needs to leave the barrel of a gun, oblivious as to whether the owner of the gun is criminally insane, mentally retarded or socially inbalanced. The gun did the killing and as such needs to be controlled. Cigarette companies have been killing people for years now and are currently paying for this significant oversight. I do not want to be held hostage by your very warped view of gun possession - one that states that you need guns to protect yourself from those who have guns.