I don't think you guys fully understand the issue in areas like this.

Take gang violence for instance. Gang members are already armed, and already defending themselves. The police and uninvolved, law abiding citizens are largely out of the equation. There are of course innocents that are caught in the cross fire, but taking a look strictly at gang violence, how does arming uninvolved people change anything.

I think it is ignorant to think that arming people will solve certain problems like that. Now don't take this the wrong way, because I think it is MORE ignorant to think that disarming the law abiding citizens will solve the issue. I VERY strongly believe that those gun restrictions should be lifted, but I do NOT think that it will do much to curb the violence in certain areas.

Nothing said so far though, even comes close to the level of stupid that the people in Chicago are displaying. They have a crime problem, so they disarm the population. Then, when the crime problem doesn't go away, they look to remedy the problem how? By hiring people with guns! Just again, not the civilians.

My opinion is that this is a problem that needs to be addressed from many avenues, but disarming the public isn't even an option, and just allowing the public to arm themselves is not enough of a solution. Crime will go down when people feel pride for their neighborhoods, aren't afraid to stand up to thugs, and perhaps more importantly, aren't so afraid to talk to police. Trying to take ALL the guns does take away the power for people to take back control of their communities though.