In Response to Pottering

While your wordsmithing is something I can commend I disagree with your assertion that the "Less gun control equates to less crime" is simple minded. If you look at crime rates state by state and compare that to the Brady scorecard you quickly find that states with less gun control do, in fact, have lower crime rates. I have posted this on the Brady campaign article as well but will repeat it here for good measure.

California, with the highest Brady score.
Murders per 1000 People in 2005: 3.6
Brady Score : 79/100

Kentucky, with the lowest
Murders per 1000 People in 2005: 0.4
Brady Score: 2/100

Don't get me wrong here though. I don't believe a lack of gun control has any effect on reducing crime. Nor do I believe that a lack of gun control increases crime. I believe the single most important variable is the strength of the family unit. An active parent has more power to keep their kid from becoming a criminal than taking away their neighbor's gun.

And your country, since enacting strict gun control measures in 1996, has seen a 3.2% increase in homicide, 8.6% increase in Assaults,and a whopping 45% increase in property crime. The Unites States Department of Justice states that the yearly number of murders has decreased 75% between 1976 and present. That's 2.34% per year. Just more proof that gun control has nothing to do with crime control.