Correct but don't even go there. You are conceding his premise that more guns equal more gun crime. We know that is not true. More criminals equal more gun crime. Lock them up, keep them out of our country and have a zero tolerance policy for crime and you get less gun crime. Dems of course want to do the exact opposite.
So no one is advocating for not selling firearms but you keep arguing against it. Do you understand the basis of the study?
There’s a lot of morality to discuss in this thinking but the cost of what you’re proposing is what makes it absurd.
The basis of the study was to data mine and come up with some sort of random correlation that would justify burdening legal gun owners even more. Apparently the study "adjusted" for factors like race to avoid having Chiraq skew the desired outcome.
It worked in NYC when Gulianni took over as mayor. Locking up violent thugs for long periods is a proven way to keep them off the street. We don't worry about costs when we are spending trillions in pointless sand wars but suddenly we can't afford to protect our children?
New York is an excellent case on how removing guns from the streets makes a city more safe and prosperous. New York and NYC are a great example of how strict gun laws and strong law enforcement can really clean up an entire city very quickly.