The U.S. gun crime debate is many faceted isn't it? Most commentators take the lazy option by assuming that the availability of firearms over there is the reason for so much gun crime, however that doesn't appear to be the case. This is an interesting article about Iceland which contradicts that assumption. Despite high numbers of guns in the country both gun crime and general crime is very low. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22288564.