I read your post and will read it again. Especially to give it time to think it over plus I still need to answer my pen-pal who is an inmate in the USA. And yes we also discuss this subject. I think the main "thing" if it comes to weapons is that if you have the right to (the right to defend yourself what is taken away from us long ago but an animal and even a plant its right) we all can be responsible for our own deeds and safety. The governments do no good if it comes to it. They only make it worse
that's just it right? We are all responsible for our actions. If you harm someone, the community will hold you accountable. If we don't have complete self ownership, then how can we have functioning justice right? If you aren't the complete owner of yourself and your actions, then how can you be punished for the actions you did?
You can't and "justice"/law already proved it does not work the way they want it. The more responsibility taken away the less responsible people (the society) feels.