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No worries,
but that's *almost* a tautology. If you take away guns, more crimes will be committed without them. The only salient measure is whether the confiscation of firearms actually reduces crime overall, or just encourages a mugger to use a knife, etc. Most statistics in Europe / Australia indicate increasing violent crime rates even though firearms laws continue to be tightened. Contrariwise, more and more firearms are purchased and put in the hands of private citizens every day in the United States, and our Violent Crime rates are down nearly 50% since 1980 despite the increase in firearms ownership.
Also, as indicated by the Swiss, if America can get rid of it's 'jackass quotient' the homicide rate in this country would be far lower, irrespective of whether firearms are legal. It's fueled by ignorance, the drug trade, and the romanticization of the 'gangster' lifestyle.
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