Only if the victim had a gun. They need to make it easier to acquire a gun so everyone can have self protection.
Hey, now there's an election platform: free guns for everyone.
I think the government should distribute free guns and ammunition to the homeless. I'm sure they'll handle them responsibly.
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.
Now we can change it to:
'Give a man a gun, and you feed him for a day (I'm sure he could get some money for it); teach a man how to shoot, and you feed him for a lifetime.'