Texas DA slain in his home; had armed himself

[brett_jv]

19. Regardless of the exact details ...

I think the point is still valid.

The only way that a gun makes a reasonably reliable self-defense tool is if you literally walk around with one, loaded, and in your hand at all times.

And seriously ... who wants to live like that? I know I don't. I'd much prefer a world (or at least a country) where guns just didn't f***ing exist at all.

I know, it's way too late for that now, but ... I sincerely wish we'd had the foresight 200 years ago to just ban the damn things outright, to have never made 100's of millions of them to begin with.

After all, there's dozens of perfectly civilized democracies, all over the world, where guns are extremely scarce if not outright illegal. That could've been us, had we played our cards right.

Too late now, I guess ... but now, we're stuck in a scenario where, in order to be REALLY safe, at all times, one would basically have to stay awake 24/7, with a loaded gun in their hand.

But then again ... it doesn't HAVE to be this way, forever more. At a certain point, we could certainly say 'NO MORE' ... and even without confiscation, over the course of many, many years ... become one of the many Nations of the world where gun violence is nearly unheard of, due to the scarcity of guns and/or ammo.

The question is ... will we ever have the collective will to take the steps needed to move in that direction?