Gun laws empower evil men

From a person uniquely suited to discuss the philosophical backwardness of gun laws:

The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles.

— Col. Jeff Cooper, “The Art of the Rifle”