Gun Control & RKBA

is your choice, as is whether to employ one in self defense (or hunting, sport, etc.)

No matter your wishes, firearms cannot be uninvented, and there are about 350 million legal guns already in circulation in the USA (and over 1 out of ever 3 adults owns at least one gun), with untold numbers of illegal weapons and owners. The toothpaste is already out of the tube. Additionally, unlike newer disposal electronics and other consumer goods, firearms are a simple and extremely durable mechanical technology that can last many generations, and it's not uncommon to pass down certain firearms down from parent to child.

I would also note that self-defense is not a simple dichotomy between "unarmed vs unarmed" or "armed vs armed." For instance, places like the Britain are beset by knife crime. Death is death, regardless of whether you die of firearms or knife wounds. Whether you like it or not, a firearm is probably the best defense for most people against a knife (or tire iron, bat, brick, etc.) Melee combat is particularly deadly to all involved, and requires a much higher level of health and skill than needed to employ a firearms. More importantly, not everyone is young, healthy, strong, dexterous, and possessing a black belt in martial arts. The only viable self-defense equalizer for the small, weak, disabled, old, etc., no less when facing multiple assailants, is a gun. It may sound trite, but the old axiom, “Abe Lincoln may have freed all men, but Sam Colt made them equal,” is quite relevant.

Simply, "unarmed vs unarmed" is a death sentence for a great many people, and since firearms already exist in such enormous numbers in America, I suggest you first propose a realistic plan to confiscate all the firearms from criminals before you suggest people give-up their right to armed self-defense.

You can "take your chances" at your discretion. That is your right, and is to be respected. Deciding what's best for the other millions of law-abiding citizens, however, is decidedly illiberal, arrogant, unrealistic, and currently illegal.