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I am not convinced that this is only about guns. This seems to be about law, authority, and power.
If you are calling into question the effectiveness of repressive state apparatuses, what are you proposing to take their place? Anarchy? A loner society of autonomous rebels? I'm not entirely sure why you posted the article because you haven't mentioned anything about it directly.
What if, for the sake of argument, everyone in the article were carrying a gun? It is entirely possible that nothing would have changed, except the fact that everyone was packing. It is also possible that the assailant would have been shot. It, too, is possible that the victim would have been shot. Or both.
I'm actually feeling a bit awkward responding to this at all because it already sounds as though you've come to your conclusions. If, however, your intent is to convince people like me why I should have a gun, then you aren't doing a very good job of it. Maybe talk about the article, then we'll see.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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