>and the NRA is not making the world a safer place. There is actually very little evidence for this. Violent crime is not strongly correlated with gun ownershi

>and the NRA is not making the world a safer place. There is actually very little evidence for this. Violent crime is not strongly correlated with gun ownership (and it may even be negatively correlated). Instead, it appears to be based strongly on factors like poverty. Here's a good summary. http://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/613/gun-prevalence-vs-homicide-rates-correlation-and-causation http://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/613/gun-prevalen...