Guns are knife and hand control, someone attacks you with a knife or hands, a gun neutralizes them. While your grandmother, wife, daughter, sister are completely helpless against an attack from hands and knives.... a gun gives them a fighting chance.
Question: can you limit the supply of guns to criminals without limiting the supply of guns to citizens?
Are you willing to limit the supply of guns to citizens to limit the supply of guns to criminals?
Do you think background checks will have any effect on the transfer of guns between criminals or is it simply part of limiting access overall?
How many years do you estimate it would take for guns to be rare in america?
Assuming that every law abiding citizen who says "from my cold dead hands" actually means it, do you think the number of "cold dead hands" would be more or less than the current number of people murdered by guns?