Basically they are intended by design as murder weapons. When everyone has them individual and mass murders are an inevitability. I'm not even surprised anymore.

Criminal is an act not necessarily a status, someone can be totally law abiding then murder for any reason. The US seems to be stuck in a loop of deaths with no intent on stopping them. The 'criminals will have them anyway' argument ignores how other more regulated countries don't have the same extent of issues.

I do not own a gun and would not feel safe around someone who does.