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Look at the correlation between gun laws in Brazil (tight) and the firearms murder rate (high)innefectual(sic) and expensive gun legislation
theres a pretty strong correlation between gun laws and gun related violence. look at the difference in terms of gun related violence between the US(right to bear arms) and Australia, UK, Japan(tight regulations)....
Or say Israel where the number of automatic weapons in the community is VERY high and the muder rate (once deaths from terrorism and millitary action are removed) is low.
I'd actually argue that deaths from firearms related crime has more to do with the society itself than any legislation or lack thereof.