When you understand that you can't compare country by country...then you'll be on your way to the truth. Compare "crime before gun bans relative to after." Look at Austria...one of the lowest murder rates in the world...and the least amount of gun restrictions in the EU. It's not the tools...it's the culture, it's the geo-politics, etc. You are spouting "simple minded" talking points that "feel good" and are avoiding the real truth. Sad. Probably no hope for you....as you're blindly set in your way. No amount of facts will ever change your mind. Just like the fundamentalist, close minded religious zealot.