Gun Control & RKBA

But there is a point of diminishing returns. A person with a sufficient intelligence, enough money and having many options as to time and place is going to be pretty much impossible to stop in any area with a high concentration of people utilizing more advanced than stone age technology.

I like guns, I have several. For the enjoyment of target shooting and for situations that, as with my fire insurance policy, I really hope never require use. I think crazy people shouldn't have guns and reasonable background checks are not an assault on my constitutional rights, but subject to the recognition by the law that nothing may be retroactively confiscated (cough, AKS in California)... I think that we should require demonstrated law-abiding citizenship, an understanding of safety protocols and willingness to follow same and competent weapon handling and marksmanship before anyone is licensed to carry in public.

I think that having a revolver on oneself in dodgy areas, or hunting, or being able to defend your domicile in event of temporary collapse of authority is legit, but anyone thinking they need to be carrying or using a semi-automatic rifle with high power shells and a large magazine in an urban area is kinda prima facie demonstrating some mental instability, catch 22 it might be-