I live in a country where guns are banned.
When someone tried to mug me a while ago, he didn't have a gun so I was able to scare him off quite easily.
If I get into a fight in a bar or whatever, it'll be a fistfight, and nobody will get killed.
When someone "goes postal" here, he and his potato knife probably won't do huge damage.
When some drunk moron gets pissed off or freaks out here, he might punch someone.
Most common criminals aren't able to easily get guns here, and most of the ones who are able to get guns, are part of organized crime - and those tend to kill eachother instead of innocent.
Many of you pro-gunners say you want to "protect your family". Guess what... over here we aren't scared enough to even think about needing a weapon for that.
If you honestly believe you need a weapon for self-defense, there is something really, really wrong, either with you or with the place where you live
And you Americans seem rather uninformed about
the entire second amendment:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Think about what "a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State" means for a moment.
Oh, and in case you believe people should have the right to have handguns... why not machine guns, or handgrenades, or rocket launchers, or heavy artillery?
Hey, I'm pretty sure a machine gun will do a much better job at protecting you and your family (you paranoid freak) than a normal handgun, and surely nobody would even think about fucking with someone who has heavy artillery in his yard...