I don't think people should be able to have guns to protect themselves it just leads to a neverending cycle where people need to have a gun to protect themselves because so much of the population have guns, I think people should be able to get a gun license for hunting only. And you can't just simply say "guns don't kill people, people kill people" because a gun is a powerful weapon that was made to be able to kill, yes people do commit murder but guns makes it so much easier. Also I remember reading somewhere that when gun laws were made more strict in Australia the suicide rate dropped quite a bit. I live in Australia and I know people can still get guns illegally but it still drops the rate at which people get killed by guns, and because guns are banned in Australia people don't get scared into thinking they need one, I have never known anyone who's ever thought they needed something to protect them or their family.