I am intrigued by the change of events....from being in a position to be held at gun point, then resolved to being able to follow the the person who did so.

Anyway the circumstance has nothing to do with legal gun ownership, by the majority who we would all be thankful they are armed. Guns are not the issue....the people who have them illegally are.
The gun is no more responsible for the violence than the eraser on a pencil is responsible for misspelled words.

btk