What’s different is that back then most homes with law-abiding citizens were not equipped and enabled with military assault weapons and guns with magazines & clips.

What? Has everybody become like gangsters in the 1920s where walking around with a tommy gun was a standard piece of equipment “necessary” for “protection” and “equalizing”?

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/06/united-states-machine-gun-ban/