Just to play devils' advocate for a minute, what to the americans here think of this argument?

If gun ownership was made illegal, the murder rate would drop dramatically making things generally safer thus reducing the desire to carry knives/concealed weapons.
Sweyn Forkbeard Reviewed by Sweyn Forkbeard on . Carrying a knife while taking a walk at night Do you think that carrying a knife because you want to talk a walk is being paranoid? I mean, I don't live in the safest area and my dog doesn't know how to walk properly, so a knife is my only defense. It's a decent sized knife with a case that I can keep concealed. Its more like a fillet knife. Anyone fucks with me...they may get a throat slashing. God forbid that happens, but thats what happens when thugs with no decency try to jack you. I can scream pretty loud anyway, lol, so that Rating: 5