Quote Originally Posted by Gnoblar with Pointy Stick View Post
I don't think it cuts down on crime at all. I asked my roomate about gun bans in big cities in Europe like London and his response was "It just means there are more stabbings in London. But it's OK, people in London have been stabbing each other for thousands of years. It's like a tradition."
Funnily enought, in America gun crime rates are highest in heavily urbanized areas, and lower in rural areas.

On the other hand, gun ownership is much higher in rural areas than in cities.

There's no real correlation, and especially no causation, between gun ownership rates and gun crime rates.

But this isn't really the place to go into political issues.