>>OK, let's say we do it Tamar's way, and all guns in the world magically disappear tonight. We might see some immediate benefits, but long-term people are going to get used to not having them and create some other sort of weapon or do their killing some other way.
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>That implies that there are a lot of people who want to kill other people and are willing to make an effort to do so. I think that's really the fundamental issue.
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>I don't think that implication is correct. (That doesn't mean I think there are no such people, just that I think they're rare.)
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>Tamar

To me there are three different trains of thought here:
-I will never kill anybody (You)
-I will kill somebody if I have to (Me)
-I will kill somebody if they mess with me

I think the majority of the murders fall into the 3rd group. That means they are prepared to kill somebody, which is why they have a gun handy. Take their gun away, and they will feel insecure and have to find something else.