Yes, the central point being made is that outlawing or restricting the ownership/availability of guns or knives does nothing to deter the rate of crime.
Furthermore, gun ownership (or a "gun culture") does not translate into a violent society. Imagine how many crimes might not happen were the criminal to think that his intended victim might be packing heat if every citizen had the ability to carry a concealed gun....
The more citizens who own guns equals the less the government can push around the citizens. [img]graemlins/petard.gif[/img]
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