But then if guns hadn't been freely available to either of you the
incident wouldn't have happened. He obviously wasn't a crim, like you, he
was a mental defective in legal possession of a firearm

sounds like there was a mental **** on each side of the door, just that
one was more sober than the other

How about this story. My sister was leaving the ER after work. She was
approached by a gentleman who made it clear to her that his plan was to rape
her. Even though he didn't have a firearm he was much larger and stronger
then her (or should that be she?). The only thing that prevented this rape
was the fact that she had a pistol in her purse. Once he saw this he left
her alone.

If "guns hadn't been freely available to either of" them the story would
have been much different.