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No, fewer guns doesn't work. All you have succeeded in proving is that other countries have different murder rates than the US. No shit, Sherlock. That doesn't mean anything, other countries have vastly different statistics and populations than us, number of gun owners is just one of them. There is no way that you can say that that is the ONLY reason they have lower murder rates. Correlation != Causation. Correlation != Causation. Correlation != Causation. How many times do I need to say it?
When have you ever heard of someone killing because it was convenient? It just doesn't happen, you are pulling that completely out of your ass. It takes a certain mentality to take a human life, it doesn't matter if you use a knife or a gun, it will still have basically the same effect on you.
You've never heard of combating underlying causes working? Are you blind? Poverty breeds crime, get people out of poverty and they will be less likely to kill because their life actually has some worth. Great job, let's leave poverty alone because it's too hard to fix and it's easier just to take people's guns away. Sorry, no, difficulty is not a valid reason to not try to change something.
Look, you still don't get it, criminals WILL have access to guns whether they are illegal or not. This is how the black market functions. And if some guns are legal then they will obviously have access to them. Are you saying we should ban all guns? Because that is seriously retarded. One of the first things a fascist regime does when it takes power is to ban guns to prevent rebellion. We need guns as a defense against tyranny. Yes, having absolutely zero guns would reduce crime, but at what cost? Do the ends justify the means? No, it would require a gigantic expansion of the government to enforce it and make sure that not one gun gets into the hands of a citizen, and would effectively create a police state, with no option of rebellion. It's about the 2nd amendment, it's about freedom.