Civil wars and local conflicts have no shortage of weapons already. US is practically swimming in firearms and so far that has produced no such war here.

We do have a number of extremely terrible incidents with resulting loss of life, many of these are very much preventable. My personal opinion, more laws restricting distribution will not prevent these, but better mental health services, safety tech and training will.

All this article really proves is that people who want to have a gun will have a gun. It might be extremely difficult, but those hell-bent on it will still succeed.

Sort of irrelevant if it is inevitable and can't be controlled, no? It's an interesting topic, and again, goes well beyond arms. I'm not saying what I think of it one way or the other, just describing the philosophy of the guys behind this.