1 guy with gun =\= 20 guys with guns. If 1 guy with a gun tries firing into a crowd that includes 20 guys with guns, 20 guys start shooting him. The psychopath with an eye towards murder takes the room temperature challenge. Fewer people die. Then, we outlaw guns. Yay? Not quite. If you make ownership of guns illegal, only criminals will have guns. For people truly determined to gain weapons through whatever means possible, these laws rarely pose much more than an inconvenience. However, they often prevent law abiding citizens from owning guns, while also giving rise to the public perception that gun ownership is weird/wrong. Then 1 guy with a gun and the intent to murder isn’t promptly perforated when he attempts to murder. And yet, these events are used as an excuse to further trample the constitution and restrict the fundamental rights of Americans.