User blog comment:Catfishperson/American Politics Polls./@comment-26339514-20160302004339/@comment-26073467-20160302014612

We need guns for defense, as well as a last resort in case of an overbearing government. Remember, the US borders Mexico, a third world country with an industry for smuggling contraband across the border.Unless we built Trump's dream wall, guns would find a way, like other prohibited substances/items. It would give criminals a monopoly, much like alcohol prohibition in the 30s, or Marijuana now. The worst part is, unlike alcohol or pot, guns are used for self defense as well as crime, so that would mean a criminal monopoly would make it easier for murder and robbery to occur, due to lack of self defense among law abiding citizens.

...so it begins