I'm not against gun ownership, if gun owners feel safer owning a firearm, then fair enough. However, you have more of a chance of fighting back or escaping alive against the weapons you listed above. If a bad guy has a gun, you're not out running a bullet. I know it's said by the NRA, 'The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun s a good guy with a gun' But if you both have a gun, you're in a position of stalemate, and one of you is dying in the altercation.