<i>Other societies that have banned most gun use do not have nearly as many guns around nor do they have as many gun deaths.</i><p>Well, that&#x27;s in part because once you&#x27;ve disarmed the populace, you don&#x27;t need guns to slaughter them wholesale.  Well over a 100 million previously disarmed people in the 20th Century, a fate US civilians are quite determined to avoid.<p>I agree drugs are different, but if the will exists, guns and ammo are a lot more compact.