Reply #21: I posted a link [View All]

[Withergyld]

to an article yesterday showing that Boston effectively reduced gang violence and gun crime in general through a comprehensive program of enforcing existing laws and concerted effort to get to the root causes of crime. The efforts did not significantly reduce criminal access to guns, but it did reduce the frequency that a gun was used to commit a crime significantly. The criminals still had guns but because were less likely to use them.
I don't think criminals should have guns so don't try to to put word in my mouth. My main point is that gun crime was reduced without significantly reducing the number of guns available. This contradicts what anti-gun advocates tell us