James,
Everbody and their Granny has at least one gun where I live. And our murder rates are relatively low.
Probably comparable to Europe's. And speaking only from my own experience (and yes, I realize the limitations of that) many of the murders in my region that I've been aware of in the past decade or so were NOT commited with guns. One of the worst involved the killer injecting her victim with a lethal mix of methamphetamine and insulin.. and then leaving the victim to die in front of her 3-year-old child.
Guns really don't make a difference one way or another to fucking loonies like that... now, do they?
It's more complex than 'more guns = more murdrers.' If at first you don’t succeed – try, try again and then quit. There’s no sense in making a damned fool of yourself. – W.C. Fields |