Gun Control Reform Activism

freight doggie: How do you square your arguments with this:
# of firearms in USA has increased 62% since 1994. 192 million-320 million
Gun homicide rate has decreased 49% since 1993. 7/100,000-~3.6/100,000

During the very time period you cite, early 90's to now, the gun ownership RATE has declined by ~35%.
Personal gun ownership rate (person owns a gun) declined from ~33% to 25% now.
Household gun ownership rate (gun in the household) declined from ~45% to 35% now.
As gun ownership rates have declined since early 1990's, so has the national violent crime rate.
Less gun ownership rates during that time period, less violent crime rates. Fact jack.

National gunstock indeed increased from ~225 million in 1992 to over 300 million today. But not enough to create a higher gun ownership rate; the new guns are mainly going to existing gun owners.
How have these salient points gone over your head if you come here & pretend to proffer an educated opinion of this?

fr8doggie More guns, in more hands does NOT equal more gun violence and deaths

Except that's not really the case on a per capita basis for both gun ownership & violent crime, generally.
From Point Blank, by Kleck (gun figures only), tho he could be using higher end estimates:
1963 84 million guns, violent crime rate ~170, murder 4.6
1992 223 million guns, violent crime rate 757, murder 9.3
2012 347 million guns, viol crime rate 380, murder 4.5

How do YOU square that from '63 to '92 national gunstock about tripled while murder rate doubled & violent crime rate quadrupled? More guns more crime... You cherry pick the declining end of it & prance about ignoring that gun ownership rates declined 35%, ignoring the stink in your own backyard.
The murder rate is indeed the same today as it was in the 60's, but the violent crime rate remains doubled, of which murder is only a couple percent. And you ignore the gigantic bubble in murders which lies between 1962 & 2016, taking only the start & end points.

BTW, The top ten states with the highest violent crime rates are generally 8 pro gun states, 1 neutalish state, & 1 gun control state maryland. More guns is indeed correlated with higher violent crime rates, in similar populated & demographically alike states.

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The numbers do not account for reduction of the gun stock due to wear and tear, loss, destruction or illegal exportation; or increases of the stock from illegal importation, individual or illegal manufacture, or acquisition from military sources.
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2015/07/dean-weingarten/how-many-guns-are-there-in-america/