“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms… disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes… Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.”
~Thomas Jefferson
Socialism is not the Answer 
When you are DUMB, YOU HAVE TO BE TOUGH…
but youcan’t fix stupid………..
Recall that after gun ownership was criminalized in Australia, people began buying swords as a last means of defense.
Shortly thereafter, swords also became illegal for all but certified collectors.
A cross bow would work, at least once.