&gt; I find it really amusing that the general sentiment in France towards guns and a 2nd amendment style right is negative when it is not a stretch to say that some lives could have been saved if armed persons of the populace came to the rescue<p>Please, no.  Liberalization of guns (that is, a tool for hurting and killing living beings) doesn&#x27;t solve terrorism. It doesn&#x27;t make people safe. It doesn&#x27;t help.<p>People in USA don&#x27;t understand why guns aren&#x27;t sold freely in Europe just as we do not understand how guns are available to everybody in the States.  Unfortunately I can&#x27;t express that other than &quot;it just feels wrong.&quot;<p>Don&#x27;t be naive and think that making everybody a vigilante is going to solve terrorism and Middle East crisis. It goes much deeper than that.<p>EDIT: don&#x27;t you have crazy people shooting around over there? I would argue that it&#x27;s much easier given how available guns are to the populace, but the point is: gun liberalization has nothing to do with keeping citizens safe.