It's said that doing a job properly requires the right tool, such as, the aphorism about not bringing a knife to a gun fight. In this country, citizens are obsessed over a particular set of tools: firearms. They talk about how likely it is a gun will be used in stopping a crime, and about how people should be given a choice about it.
Guns are specialized tools. An actuary can figure it out the risk, but what are the odds that you're going to get mugged or burglarized as compared to the odds that you'd lock your keys in the car? If the latter happens, you've brought the wrong tool to the situation.
