I don't think there's much point in carrying on this conversation. It's obvious that the politically correct brainwash culture did its job here,and the truth is that the gun policy here is very hypocritical and ridiculous (nobody has still explained me why a K98 is less lethal than a Garand).
I have friends here who I took to the shooting range and who have learned to appreciate and understand that there's nothing to be afraid of when handling firearms,as mentioned by raggbutt,there's no place safer than a shooting range.
I suppose that most of the people against guns never handled one,they just demonise them and deem their use as killing machines,but hey guess what,skeet shooting and target shooting are Olympic disciplines! Driving a car into someone,on the other hand, isn't.. Go figure
The car=gun equation needs to be seen in this perspective: in both cases they aren't bought to kill people,but potentially they could. Now whilst you can't ride a shotgun to work,your Toyota Prius (cos u r probably driving one of them) will take you almost anywhere,so why would you give it up?it's not like you're gonna go driving over people in it..
It's the same logic with guns: yes, 3 loonies killed people with their guns,but I am no looney,why should I give em up?
The answer,either than because your fat bottom needs it,is that cars are a precious source of money for governments. Why not improving the public transport so that we can get rid of cars? Heck,we spent billions of dollars to develop a JSF,what if we invested that for the creation of a transport system that takes you from A to B at low cost?
Road taxes,oil,insurance,maintenance.. Your car is convenient to them for you to have.
Your guns,on the other hand,are dangerous..
I think it's the ignorance on the subject that is dramatically dangerous,they don't want us to think anymore,all we need to do is follow the flock towards the edge of the cliff and be happy that we're not the ones that become part of the collateral damage charts..