There's no evidence that banning guns cuts crime(WHAT DO YOU THINK)?

Thank you for taking the time to lay out reasonable arguments. Serious discussion is needed to move forward here, and I appreciate your contribution. I think one of the issues we need to consider is what I might call, "I can take care of myself." Just give me a gun, and I'll be just fine. The problem with this, is that there are other people, like Cripps and Bloods and M13 and a whole host of other groups that would be happy to tote around Mach10s, Tech9s, Uzis -- modern day street sweepers, and suddenly the cops and everyone else is outgunned and hiding. It's the flip side of, "I can take care of myself." It's called, "I can rule the (block/neighborhood/town/borough)." What looked like safety just starts to look hairy. One guy with a 50 cal. sniper rifle and a home-made silencer could ruin your whole day from a thousand yards out.