I understand some of you would like to see confiscation of our privately owned firearms and privately owned property to "protect society." I again would remind you there are 200-300 MILLION firearms in private ownership circulation in the USA. Confiscating even a fraction of them will never be possible; there are simply too many. The only effect a ban would have would be to ensure that some law abiding citizens had no guns, while criminals had all the access to all the firearms they desire. This is further compounded by the fact that firearms are very durable and capable of excellent operation for 1-2 centuries or more. Throughout the world fighters are still using 100+ year old british and french rifles; take a look at virtually any third world country.
Case in point; Chicago. Virtual total small arms ban for years, with the highest small arms violent crime rate in the country.
The difference between American citizenry and most other countries is that we the citizens hold the power and grant the power to the government to administer within boundaries of our constitution. If we, collectively, feel our government is out of bounds we can vote it out, and if that fails we can force it out with our firearms.
In most other countries, power is forever 100% inherent in the government itself or worse yet, the monarchy. Non-arming of its citizenry forever ensures the government has no ultimate responsibility to its people. Serfdom.