@georgia I feel like you are trolling me but anyway...

The one who shoots first with the intent to kill wins the gunfight (in civilian setting). That takes nothing but cruelty, and people are by no means equal in that regard. Must be very fun to imagine mowing down the hordes of violent young man as they run at you in mindless rage, but are you ready to duel them to death? Are you ready fore a gang war? Cause that is pretty much what you are asking for. That is the power struggle, not the plinking in your back yard.

I would be happy if we reach a state of civilization where this things would indeed be considered merely tools like any other, but while arguments like yours convince people it will never be the case. "Guns are great equalizers when only I (aka the good people) have them". Galaxy brain.