Replace all guns with swords? Both were designed to do one thing, and that is kill. But guns though, there is trick shooting, sportsmanship, contests, hunting. Swords are only good for what they were designed to do, but I guess they would do alright for self-defense, but if you anticipate a move wrong, you're dead. The gun, you can take out that person before they see you. Not exactly killing them, but shooting them in the leg or arm generally disables them enough to not pose to much of a threat, and then able to call the police. But with no gun in your house, and the person that means you harm is armed with a gun or knife, you are generally screwed unless you know how to fight someone with a knife, which most people do not know how to do.
What I am saying is (okay, ranting is more like it) that guns do serve practical uses. And if people are responsible enough to teach their kids about gun safety, and take them hunting or something similar, for the most part, they will be okay. I don't want to here the lame "guns kill people!" They don't, people do. It takes a person to pull that trigger, many of which (criminals I mean), obtained their firearms illegally, and many probably were not instructed very well by their parents in such matters.
Okay, so it is a bit of a political ranting in general.
