True, but also consider Weimar Republic in the 20s and Hitler's gun control act of 1938. Both show what can come from a disarmed populace. Also of note are some similarities between our own gun control act of 1968 and that of Hitler's 1938 legislation. People are fallen and sinful by nature. If they want to kill someone, they will find a tool/way to do it. Anything can be misused. Laws will not stop evil. Right now our laws aren't even being enforced in many instances. Having said all that, I most certainly do not trust our or any other government. You give anyone complete control and it leads to dictators/despots. The old saying... power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely is very true. It's simply our fallen, human nature coming to the surface. With what we've seen of our elected and judicial officials, who in their right mind would trust any of them to have OUR best intentions at heart and give up our means of self defense? Insanity.