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Once again that is not true. That's the point I am making. There are plenty of countries that allow guns that don't have a higher homicide rate than those that don'tI do agree that there are other factors with a stronger effect on homicide than gun ownership. I never said otherwise. But the number of guns available and easy are also factors. For example, industrialized nations that ban guns do in fact have lower homicide rates than industrialized nations that don't.
I don't see why we have to follow only one course to improve things, or wait for a perfect solution to try something.
But unlike @brandon8283, I pretty much have given up on gun control. As a country we've decided cheap and easy guns are worth more than a few thousand deaths per year. I really don't care if you or @Semper or dozens of other reasonable people have a gun. But I do think it would be wise to make it harder and more expensive for there to be guns easily available.
I also think we should have more anti-poverty measures in place. I also think we should have stronger social safety nets. I also think we should encourage helping people instead of associating value with wealth.