Legal restrictions on guns are good at stopping people from legally owning guns. They have little or no effect on preventing criminals from accessing guns.
People who are willing to commit murder are a tiny percentage of a population. Thus, only a tiny number of illegally owned guns are sufficient to meet the criminal demand.
A knowledgeable source who lived in the Virgin Islands for several years told me it is the most corrupt jurisdiction in the United States.
Yet, the British Virgin Islands which are literally less than three miles away have a murder rate which is SIX times less.
8.3 per 100K vs. 50 per 100K.
What is the difference?
In the BVIs the typical murder is some wife/husband killing their spouse. It is a vey safe country to visit.
A fact lefties can't come to grips with. Everytime we have a murder or shooting in Albany NY the perp was using a stolen gun, typically from the South.