As a veteran who's also worked in private security for several years, I firmly believe everyone who is good minded should be armed and trained on their weapon. At least a pistol. Congratulations on your newfound wisdom on the matter. We need more like you. There was a robbery at a gas station in Kentucky once, guy was shot by everyone in the store. The best deterrent for gun crime is more good people with guns. Have you heard of an attack at a gun show yet? You likely won't, because everyone there is armed.
I should point out that I am actually from the UK. We being armed like this would be a bad idea for a while yet. We'd be so embarrassingly, pathetically bad and immature, I would expect. I would, however, like to be surprised and wrong in my opinion, and be corrected.
Another thing people seem to enjoy ignoring is the fact that getting rid of guns won't get rid of violence.
I realise. If you ban guns, bad people will still get hold of them somehow.
Banning does not equal preventing. It just means sheep will bleat along with (((TPTB))) and be led to the slaughter...
The knife attacks for instance, some with more deaths than attacks with guns.
As a quick exercise, we should consider all things that are banned/illegal. Those things still happen regardless, so getting rid of guns for self-defence is a very bad idea - and I don't doubt, then, that the (((authourities))) would then be able to overpower anyone they please arbitrarily and you wouldn't be able to do a thing about it... except for be murdered - and not avenged. The corruption would skyrocket, I expect, as would the crime.
Humans are the best at killing shit and finding ways to do it. Half the ingredients for black powder are literally in your back yard. Take the guns away and they'll use explosives, knives, gas, this can go all the way down to running around with a brick and hitting people on the head with it.
I don't want what happened to other countries where civilians were disarmed to happen to my damn home just because my AR, that I haven't and won't hurt any innocent person with, looks scary to people with two braincells fighting for third place.
As I understand it, it is enshrined in the US Constitution, so... as I understand it... it cannot not be. I love the word "inalienable" - not able to be given away and not able to be taken away. We here can have some items, i.e. I used to know someone who went on demonstrations with a musket. I would presume it was decommissioned, and he needed a license for it still. As you say, though, people can get hold of any object and use it as a weapon, even a plank of wood with a nail on the end of it, a golf club, anything. We might be able to defend ourselves, or we might... not.
Part of the point I refer to is being able to defend oneself. We have to rely on ourself, stand on our own two feet, be proud, have self-worth, have self-esteem. I make these points, in different ways, a lot. Being well-trained and sane in self-defence goes along with it.