RB1 - I may have missed it, but I don't remember gun control being pushed on this thread. There have been suggestions that more guns are probably not the best answer -- but that's not the same as suggesting gun control.
Quite true, Mellowicious. It is about a gang of good guys and gals running from a goblin engaged in killing an innocent, weaker individual. It is about the inculcation of the idea that citizens should rely not on each other but on the state to protect each other from nut-cases and criminal vermin.
Yours,
Issodhos
p.s. By the way, it would have only taken one gun -- or the crowbar -- or multiple hands.:-)