May I suggest that the possibility of a negative correlation presents itself here...?
Yes! The more honest people who have guns, the less violent crime there will be.
Thank you! I had already copied that line to my clipboard to make the same observation you have. You can bet it the numbers had gone the other way there would be no scarcity of liberals proclaiming a correlation of the first magnitude.
I have long favored making the crime the use of a firearm in an inappropriate manner, not the mere possession of the firearm. Properly used and stored they can be the difference between life and death in those instances where seconds count and the police are but minutes away.
Weapons laws, like most laws, have become way too complicated over the years and also like most laws end up doing little more than making life harder on the law abiding citizen. After all, they are the ones who take laws seriously, not the ones who have no intention of obeying laws that they don’t like or feel they can get away with breaking.
My dad’s solution was to give ‘em all a gun. His reasoning was that before long they would kill each other off. I don’t think his approach would work today, but it still has a certain ring to it that I like!
Therefore, clearly the gun grabber crowd doesn't really care about protecting the innocent if all it will do is put them in more danger.