Therein you have a little peep hole into the mind of the anti, who rarely if ever hears of a defensive use of a gun, and thinks therefore that it never happens or that it is so rare as to be immaterial. The lack of information, and even the lack of any effort to obtain information, equals proof.

And of course there is one thread running through any and all such positions– they all assume that the way to solve problems (real or imagined) is to throw up more legal restrictions and compliance requirements. The thought that staying out of people’s way and promoting Liberty as a means of solving a problem never enters their minds. It does not register. If something bad happens, it proves that there is a lack of proper restrictions. Period. End of thought. Repeat ad infinitum.

That’s why I say that socialist thinking has no end-goal. Rather it is a process. Pass a whole body of law (our tens of thousands of current gun laws for instance) and if there is still crime, as there surely will be, then pass some more. Repeat. Same goes for everything else. You name it. There is never a solution, but only the process.

Folks over there had no idea how a trained person can make a difference, even the guy who claimed to have advanced tactical firearms training was clueless (or he just thought he was teh awesome and no one else could match his talent and training).