Have you considered that the criminal usually has no interest in killing people, and may only be armed because he knows that you may have a gun yourself?
No, I have not considered that, because it makes absolutely no sense.
Criminals use guns during crimes because of the power it gives them to subdue and control their victims. Guns also allow them to easily dispose of witnesses after the crime is committed.
If the non-criminal population just decides to give up their guns, in hopes that criminals will do the same, the criminals will simply say "thanks".
My weapon of choice is the AR-15, a design that hasn't changed much in almost 50 years. It isn't any more deadly now than it was then. Your comment imagines an arms race that doesn't exist.
