[QUOTE="UnknownSniper65"]
Ironically, 4.8 homicides is way down from the height of the gun control movement in the United States. Your information proves the point that homicides are on the decline in the United States regardless of gun laws. All of this points to the simple fact that guns aren't the issue when it comes to the United States.
Inconsistancy
It doesn't prove anything, there's not enough data present. Homicides have dropped since 1994 (the gun ban) and continued past 2004(the end of the ban).Moar datars:
Homicides (per 100 000)
1960 5.0
1970 7.8
1980 10
1990 9.4
1991 9.7
1992 9.3
1993 9.5
1994 8.9 *Assault weapons ban*
1995 8.2
1996 7.4
1997 6.8
1998 6.2
1999 5.6
2000 5.5
2001 5.6
2002 5.6
2003 5.6
2004 5.4 *ban ends*
2005 5.6
2006 5.6
2007 5.6
2008 5.4
2009 5.0
2010 4.7
2011 4.7
I don't know the gun homicides per year so I don't know if the assault weapon ban changed much (doubt it, it was a weak "ban" that, I don't think, made it harder to get any other guns), I don't know the guns per 100 persons, households with guns for all those years. Social events for those years...
Of course lots of things affect our homicide rate, but I don't think our policy of practically 'giving away' guns is of any 'help', I'd like to see 'reasonable' gun-control, an outright ban wont work, just like addicts trying to quit cold turkey. Some way of having 'red' flags. And we have cultural issues towards killing...
The assault weapons ban had literally nothing to due with homiciderate falling in the United States. It wrongly placed the title of assault rifle on any gun that looked scary. There is very little difference between a semi automatic AR-15 that fires a .223 and a Ruger Mini 14 that fires the same round. Under the assault weapons ban the AR-15 was banned simply because it looked scary.
Banned:

Not banned:

Both guns fire a .223 and both guns are semi-automatic.
Even morecomically
Not banned:

Never mind the fact that these kinds of guns are almost never used in a crime.
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