So you think guns are the main problem with crime? How about some government stats?
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=43
In 2009 ?
An offender was armed with a gun, knife, or other object used as a weapon in an estimated 22% of all incidents of violent crime.
Offenders used firearms to commit 8% of violent crime incidents in 2009.
Robberies (47%) were the most likely crime to involve an armed offender.
Firearms (28%) were the most common weapons used in robberies.
Most rapes and assaults did not involve the use of a weapon.
From 1993-1997, of serious nonfatal violent victimization's, 28% were committed with a firearm, 4% were committed with a firearm and resulted in injury, and less than 1% resulted in gunshot wounds.
8% of violent crime incidents?
For 8%, I think we're doing pretty good!
In the UK, the press caught the government lying about the stats about gun crimes
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...l-figures.html