Mentch:
You’ve been dancing around this issue the whole thread. You are playing with a double standard.
Do you hold that believing in Hashem’s Hashgachah invalidates any hishtadlus to stop danger? You obviously don’t, as you agreed before.
If you agree that you cannot put yourself in danger, and you agree that you must do hishtalus to avoid danger, then you must do everything you can to minimize danger in the country.
[Therefore, belief that widespread gun ownership enlarges the risk to lives will lead to an obligation to promote control.]
Is there any part of this post you don’t agree to?