Comment by latency-guy2

> It’s not meant to be a means of legal recourse, it’s a last resort.

Guns are a first line defense for millions of people. A lawyer with a briefcase and a judge wearing a gaudy robe+wig is not a defense at all.

Though the imagery of it would be funny of blasting each of those out of a cannon.

Even the government agrees, issuing a firearm to their officers who go out into the field (read: where everyone else is).