I support our second amendment. Wholeheartedly.

Gun control doesn't keep guns out of the hands of criminals.

Criminals don't care about laws. There will always be black markets. Criminals will always be able to get guns.

When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. less

Laws that prohibit a particular criminal act in and of themselves do not prevent crime, they only provide for punishment after the fact. Ask any woman who has had a restraining order on an ex, that piece of paper did not prevent the ex from doing whatever he was going to do. It provided the possibility of additional punishment afterward.
You might say the police will protect me... cops are like janitors, they don't prevent the spill, they just clean up afterward. less

That was not the logical conclusion of my argument. The law that proscribes, say murder does not in itself prevent murders (at least not many) most people understand that murder is wrong. Even though that law cannot prevent the act, the act should be punished. If for no other reason than to remove that individual from society so that he can no longer continue acting in that manner. There are some individuals for whom the possibility of penalty is indeed a deterrent.
Myself for example, since the state of Illinois enacted the enhanced penalty of mandatory jail time and several thousand dollar fine for exceeding the posted speed limit by 40mph (64kph) or more, I have not done so. Prior to that legislation I regularly did (on limited access roads not unlike Autobahn).

Do not however forget the difference between wrong or evil in itself (Malum in se) and onduct that constitutes an unlawful act only by virtue of statute (Malum prohibitum).

I advance to you, Errant Venture, the possibility that the armed citizen is more often the ally of justice than the enemy. less