Gun Use?

Like Ellen, I completely agree that in the piece "In the Combat Zone" by: Leslie Marmon Silko, gun use is perceived wrong.  In my opinion no one should be able to have a gun.  To me guns are scary, inappropriate, and completely dangerous if in the wrong hands.  

Silko defends the idea that it is okay for people to carry around guns.  Especially in a woman's case because if they know how to use them right they can get back at their attacker.  Nevertheless, I question... is this morally right?  Guns should not be used in this way of getting even... they are the one thing like Ellen puts it perfectly ..."that equalizes all."  She is right... someone who has a gun in their hands has a lot better of a chance of winning the battle than the person on the other side who does not have one.  With one shot you can kill.  How would Silko know that the man following her wanted to tell her something important about her car and instead she perceived it as him being out to hurt her?  I think Silko needs to think outside of the box a little more.  I mean there ARE some good men out in the world...