I see gun control as disarming the law obeying people (and keep the criminals armed, as they don't care about gun control), for eliminating the ability of citizens to resist/challenge the state/tyranny.
True for the entire world!
There's nothing nice about the drug cartels operating on the Mexico/US border. All of the Mexican border towns are terrorized by these criminals. On the US side of the border, in virtually any town, virtually every house has a firearm of one sort or another.
I would hate to think of the domination, rape and rampage by the Mexican cartels that would happen on the US side if, like in Mexico, the average citizen was not allowed to possess firearms.