
I personally think that guns should be legal, but the licensing process be changed drastically. The only purpose they serve is hunting and crime. If someone is trying to buy a gun they should be put though a tough screening process to prove that they will be using this for something that is legal. And no one has a purpose for more than a couple guns, unless they're collecting them. If somebody wants to collect guns they should be going through a process that is twice as hard and long.
And little handguns don't work for anything but being a concealed weapon in a hold-up. They should should be mae illegal all together. And I don't think anyone needs one for self-defence. Get some mace you tool, you don't need a gun.
Of course guns are still going to find their ways into our culture and crimes. But if they are regulated strongly, and more are made illegal, then the risk may outway the benefit in some of these potential crimminals eyes.