God brought us different, but Colt made us equal, blah-blah-blah.

The difference between trained criminal who started and dictate the situation and an unprepared civilian is just too big. Not to say about how seeing a gun or a sudden movement would trigger an instant attack. You overestimate reflexes of a regular person and their ability to use firearms. Self-defence gun in a bag is more of a risk for an owner and others rather than an affective detterent.

Guns should be. Under the lock. People who casually carry them around just in case aren’t a solution but a problem themselves.