Originally Posted by Mike33

Before talk of banning guns why not decipher the stats first.

1) How much gun violence is there in total? Not a percentage, but actual shooting deaths?

2) Of those, how many are gang related? (ie. illegal business disputes)

3) Of those, how many are undertaken by mentally unstable or overly-medicated people?

4) Of those, how many sought help didn't receive any?

That's just a start. After that contrast it to the potential benefits and freedom of owning gun(s) and the number of gun owners who do not and have never engaged in violent gun activity.