You're right about that. In fact I bet if EVERYONE was issued a gun and told to use it there would be less crime, lol. But that's another extreme case. I believe they should be used only in serious, SERIOUS, life threatening situations like break-ins, etc... and I'm from the south here. They are fun to shoot sometimes though. My dad has a Chinese SKS (legal AK-47 pretty much) *semi-auto* carbine rifle and that thing is a blast.