Why The Gun Is Civilization

the munchkin wrangler.: why the gun is civilization. is the best I've ever read on the subject of gun control.
Here's a sample....There are plenty of people who consider the gun as the source of bad force equations. These are the people who think that we'd be more civilized if all guns were removed from society, because a firearm makes it easier for a mugger to do his job. That, of course, is only true if the mugger's potential victims are mostly disarmed either by choice or by legislative fiat--it has no validity when most of a mugger's potential marks are armed. People who argue for the banning of arms ask for automatic rule by the young, the strong, and the many, and that's the exact opposite of a civilized society. A mugger, even an armed one, can only make a successful living in a society where the state has granted him a force monopoly.

Thanks to Samizdata for bringing The Munchkin Wrangler (from the wilds of Tennessee) to everyone's attention.