> "Wilder times" is an interesting description of the early days of the country.

Wilder, in the sense of less Organization, less infrastructure, slower transportation and communication. People had to protect themselves, because there was nobody around who could do it. But today, the majority of people can be reached in a matter of minutes.

> When I look around at the violence the last several years (mass rioting, looting, uptick in murder pretty much everywhere,

You don't understand that guns are the major reason for this?