i think the history of the us wild west gives us a data point in seeing what happens when guns are everywhere.
it wasn't a society remembered for its peace and sense of security.
"Old West cattlemen themselves also saw the need for gun control. By 1882, a Texas cattle raising association had banned six-shooters from the cowboy's belt. "In almost every section of the West murders are on the increase, and cowmen are too often the principals in the encounters," concurred a dispatch from the Texas Live Stock Journal dated June 5, 1884. "The six-shooter loaded with deadly cartridges is a dangerous companion for any man, especially if he should unfortunately be primed with whiskey. Cattlemen should unite in aiding the enforcement of the law against carrying of deadly weapons.""
http://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~rcollins/scholarship/guns.html
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