Howard Nemerov examines if the Second Amendment to the US Constitution actually works.
But he goes further than that:
According to some, every crime victim must successfully use a gun to fight off an intruder, and every criminal must be unable to use a gun in furtherance of their enterprise, or else the Second Amendment is a failure and should be removed from the Bill of Rights.
Curiously, these complainers never apply the same criterion against other rights. Since their comments seem to consistently evoke counter-points from other readers, it would seem their exercise of free speech isn’t getting them anywhere, so are they going to lobby for repeal of the First Amendment?
OH! They already have!
McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform.
Fairness Doctrine.
Old Media coverage of the civil right of self-defense.
Their actions identify them as anti-Liberty. It’s not about guns.
Stuff From Hsoi 
As always, in the phrase “gun control” the operative word is not “gun”.
Gun control is….
…using both hands
…hitting what you aimed at.
…muzzle awareness.
and so on.
This other thing, it’s not “gun control”, it’s just “control”. Like you said.
Heh, I guess when you get right down to it, it all boils down to “control” from both directions.
Yeah… it does look like it. Control isn’t always a bad thing, it’s how the control is applied.