Lets look at gun control as oppose to the top reason, income inequality.

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Adinnieken said:

LemonSlice said:

The problem with gun control is that if you really want to root out gun violence it has to be systematic and thorough, and it takes a long time. For America I don't think it's ever going to be possible for gun control to have any positive effect on crime.

Just look at how far and how long it took for UK, whose geopolitical state is vastly different from US, to start benefiting from it.

As it stands now, gun control is harmful.

Admittedly, more often than not, a knife crime results in a wound that is survivable, but likewise not every gun shot victim dies.

Actually i've read that being shot with a hand gun tends to be more survivable then being stabbed with a knife... as a knife is more likely to hit an organ, as the knife tends to rip and tear once stabbed into someone.

 

Of course that's individual assualts.  Guns being deadlier in the case of a mass assault cause you can hit people at range.