I know how you feel regarding the guns... in portugal it's also hard for ppl to defend themsleves, even cops sometimes go to jail because they shoot the bad guy to defend society,
in my opinion we should b allowed to defend our homes, we shouldn't be allowed to carry a gun outside our home, and cops should be allowed to shot the bad guys...
the bad guys can get guns easily over here, i once was approached by a man at 3 am trying to sell me guns, i had no idea what the hell was going on, even though i didn't want one i asked for the prices and everything, i don't exactly remember the price but i remember they were not that expensive... i think it was around 200 bucks for a pistol