Does anyone believe there are no criminals with guns in NZ? The gun laws only make guns more expensive for criminals in NZ and doesn't get them off the streets. Instead of enacting more gun laws just try to reduce crime. The lower the crime rate gets, the less people feel the need to arm themselves and there would be less guns being sold mean less guns being manufactured and less guns on the street. There is no overnight cure for what ails America and much of the world so guns restriction and new laws will never be the cure.

Should people living in the bush in Africa just go around destroying all animals who kill people? No they just build fences and things to keep the animals out. If one happens to get in they just deal with it and find out where it came in and fix it.

Why did the majority of people in the old west wear guns? Most people in the old west did not wear guns to go around killing other people. Most people wore guns as a form of protection against wild animals. The things you see in movies were born from the dime novels of the time and didn't really occur that often. Many people of the time were born and lived out their entire lives without ever seeing or hearing of a murder, which is why hanging were so popular back then. Back then there were no inexhaustible appeals to your case. You were tried then hung shortly afterward. I still think we should be able to wear guns visible which would reduce crime but add to that public executions in the form of hangings might make criminals think twice before committing the crime.