Maybe I was wrong violent crime went up since they banned guns. Gangbangers in metropolitan areas are the biggest problems in the us. Banning guns wont stop that because they'll use them anyway. We as US citizens have guns to defend ourselves from form all threats forign and domestic The second amendment wasn't put here for squirel hunting, back then if you didn't hunt you didn't eat. It was created to ensure protection from a tyrannical government.
Your line about how everybody became less safe in England after guns were banned. Compared to what? England has a tiny level of gun violence compared to the US today. That they see the teensy increase as something to be alarmed about should tell gun owners in the US that gun violence isn't tolerated anywhere but here. Gun violence isn't inevitable. Canada has a fraction of gun deaths compared to the US. They have similar culture as the US and they have more stringent gun ownership laws. Go figure.
Gun owners dig in heels regarding regulations and I can see why. After all, they (99.9%) aren't the cause of gun violence. Except for the fact that most illegal guns were stolen from them but I digress. They ignore that they are a smaller and shrinking group in the US. Eventually we'll reach a tipping point where the large majority of people in the US who are not gun owners simply take the issue over. I believe then we will enact some really stupid gun control laws. And then you WILL have something legitimate to complain about but it will be too late for you.
Owning guns makes the average gun owner less safe. Your line of "for protection" is bullshit. The vast majority of families are safer when there is no gun in the house. As far as stopping homicides are concerned, the Dallas cop shooter proves that a prepared assailant has an overwhelming advantage against civilians who carry, concealed or otherwise.
Rather than just say "nuh-uh, second amendment", why don't the people with the most interest in maintaining gun access take on the issue of gun violence as theirs to solve?