re: #41 William Barnett-Lewis
Heck yes, the innocent need a way to fend off predators.
I would add the whole point of the bill of rights is these things are so important, so powerful and enabling in a democracy they are not subject to cost benefit analysis, they are largely immutable legal rights.

*Largely meaning the gov can and should must regulate guns, and of course we are familiar with the “fire” in a crowded theater limitation on free speech.