I know you are trying to reference this quote with regard to guns but I think you are actually disproving the point you are trying to make.

https://vpc.org/press/states-with-strong-gun-laws-and-lower-...

I'll gladly live in a country with no AI at all. Give me Dune post-Butlerian jihad levels of AI outlawing and I'll move there. I strongly believe that myself and all the people living there will be much happier.