Violence is what should concern people not the tool used in the violence. Yes ban guns and shootings decrease but violence not
Banning guns is a lie. When governments ban guns, they only ban them among their citizens. The governments still have guns.
Most of the governments are filled with criminals. You can tell by the fact that it is the governments that make the wars. What does this mean?
It means that when governments ban guns, they are pushing a war against their own citizens, to execute them or make slaves of them.
If you as a non-governmental citizen allow banning of guns, you either become a slave from it, or you die.
Using civilian firearms in a manner which would counter government chartered prerogatives would be a big deal and the risks of being killed would be very high. Only in extreme circumstances is there any realistic possibility that it would be done by a non-trivial percentage of citizens.
Thus leads to a question: What, exactly, is the government envisioning that there is such a focus on dis-arming the population? It's hard to ignore that as the focus on civilian dis-armament intensifies, programs to arm police and other agencies such as the EPA are being ratcheted up, and the tactical capabilities they are being supplied with are impressive.
Call these questions crazy paranoia if you like. To me it seems appropriate to apply the '
precautionary principle' and keep my eyes wide open.
Government doesn't have the control that it advertises that it has.
The other side of your question might help find the answer. If any government wanted to protect against terrorism, all they would have to do is arm their populace. So, why doesn't government take the time to arm the the people, and teach them good gun safety? Instead, many of the various kinds of criminal charges that have been brought against the people in the past, are now being brought as terrorism charges.
The people might lose if government decided to fight them directly, but then government might lose their ability to fight. No more people to work the manufacturing of government war machines. It's a risk that government isn't willing to take right now.
Arms in the possession of the people is keeping government at bay, one way or another, although not perfectly.