guess who has the guns now that ordinary french citizens aren't allowed to do so, and its the same thing that would happen here. so when a drunk driver is caught do you take cars from sober drivers? same thing with guns and criminals;

In case you missed it, France entered into a pseudo-civil war this past weekend. Rioters took to the streets, destroyed billions of dollars in local property, violent criminals pulled out their illegal guns, and there was nothing the average disarmed Frenchman could do about it.  

These recent riots proved the old adage, "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns." 

France has much stricter gun laws than anywhere in the United States. French citizens do not have the individual right to bear arms, nor carry a firearm in public for self-defense. Instead, they have strict regulations for anyone that does want to keep a firearm at home:  

• limits on the type and amount of guns and ammo you can own; 
• universal background checks; and 
• gun registration. 

Nevertheless, what began in France as mostly peaceful protests would end with fully automatic weapons and banned "weapons of war" being used to terrorize the streets of France. 

Protesters started by burning cars, starting fires, and shooting off fireworks, but soon began using shotguns to shoot out police cameras. ........more.........