Re: It's not an elision

"any amount of lethal violence that is within human technical capability" Which is why you folks have stooped to the point of banning knives. Fearful people should not be tasked with writing laws. "People do not need to carry around lethal viruses in order to protect themselves" This is a red herring. The argument against carrying guns is much weaker than the argument for carrying viruses would be. "where gun crime is nearly unknown... people do not need to carry guns for their protection." You keep debating the same strawman that there's nothing else you could possibly want to defend yourself against besides other guns.