We're From the U.N. and We Want Your Guns

The philosophy of these groups, LaPierre said, is that the right to own a gun should be solely the right of governments, and they despise the fact that the United States remains a country in which private citizens can keep a handgun at their bedsides.

Let's do a little mental exercise here. Picture the whole world's population the way it is now. Now let's imagine that somehow ALL guns are taken away from ALL citizens (the good and the bad). Of course, the proper "authorities" would keep their guns for "enforcement" purposes. You don't have to worry about being mugged on the street, right? There'd be no more crime, right? If you don't think that every single one of us would end up a slave in a situation like that, you're a darn fool.