Sir, this is because gun-owners, as a rule, (there are always exceptions, but just societies do not legislate around or for the benefit of "exceptions") are very responsible people. It doesn't matter where you are in the world, many of the most responsible people will own firearms if permitted by law.
In the US: Most gun owners are strict constitutionalists and libertarians, and you can see this for yourself by simply visiting a firearms message board, or visiting a rifle/pistol range in the States. Great folks they are.
Here in the UK: Firearms owners have to be pillars of the community, otherwise, they will not be allowed to hold a firearms certificate. As a member of a target-shooting club, some of the finest people I have met are members of that club.
The same goes for Switzerland, Canada, and much of the rest of the western world.
That is exactly right. One can't simply tar a whole body of people with the same brush. Likewise, it would be a gross breach of our general notions of decency and morality to deprive civil and law-abiding individuals of their legally acquired arms. Perhaps now would be the time to explore the origins of gun-control. The first gun-control legislation proposed in the US was aimed at barring black people from the right to keep and bear arms. Gun control has never been about guns, it has always been about control, and, as a policy, it clearly has racist roots.
Also true. It's "sexy" to change the world. However, the more one tries to change the world, the more they end up playing into the hands of the politically motivated elites who wish to impose their views upon the citizenry from on-high. The same goes for enviromentalists.
