What does this mean, basically we need protection from ourselves,
In the case of guns, I'd suggest it's more that we need protection from others. YMMV, but I'm not planning on wiping out my wife and kid... Something I could do quite easily, with my bare hands, all while giving her a two minute head start to call the police.
One day, maybe, one person will be able to logically and sensibly explain to my why, in the case of guns alone, everyone picks on the inanimate object yet gives a pass to cars, cars/alcohol, knives, hammers, tobacco and a whole host of other objects/things that require human intervention to make them dangerous... But guns must be banned because they wake the voices in our heads...
