Sasaki,
Practically, a handgun ban would do nothing, just as it has done nothing in NYC, Chicago, and D.C..

Right now there are tens of millions of handguns in this country. A ban is impractical and wouldn't stop criminals from carrying handguns.

Further, handguns are useful for protection when you're not at home. And studies have shown that crime doesn't increase in states that allow concealed carry of weapons.

And then, of course, the bill of rights specifically protects the right to a handgun.

1. tools specifically designed and produced to harm and kill people should not be widely available in a democracy.
Yet I guess that you still support the police having them. Outside of overthrowing tyranny, guns are useful in equalizing people. No longer can the strong run rod-shod over the weak.

You and others complain because these tools are designed to be effective at harming people - so what? It's the use of them that matters, what their effect is. In the US, far more people are killed by people driving cars than people using guns.

This sort of fear is simply irrational.

CR