the number of guns is unrelated to the number of homicides
you are entitled to your opinion. but perhaps you would consider research from a source other than Trent Lott, the John Birch Society wannabe.
here's a library list:
Zimring, F.E. Is gun control likely to reduce violent killings? University of Chicago Law Review (1968) 35:21–37; Zimring, F.E. The medium is the message: Firearm calibre as a determinant of death from assault. Journal of Legal Studies (1972) 1:97–124; Cook, P.J. Robbery violence. Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology (1987) 70(2):357–76; Cook, P.J. The technology of personal violence. In Crime and Justice: An annual review of research. Vol. 14. M. Tonry, ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991; Zimring, F.E., and Hawkins, G. Crime is not the problem: Lethal violence in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997; and Miller, M., and Hemenway, D. The relationship between firearms and suicide: A review of the literature. Aggression and Violent Behavior (1999) 4(1):59–75.
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