Some comments in this thread were removed as being completely off-topic.
@Justin.Martyr if you would like to talk about your self-defense incident, please start a new topic for that.
And all, please remember everyone is welcome to express their views as long as it is done respectfully. If in doubt, please refer to the Community Guidelines or flag the post for a moderator to review.
And now back to the topic at hand:
Banning handguns doesn’t really stop the issue of someone wanting to hurt another, does it?