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Progressives would tell you that gun violence is mostly caused by poverty, the drug war, and various institutional failures (e.g. El Salvador before the gang crackdown) and thus if you reduce these problems you'll also reduce violence.

[harmmonica]

Not sure whether to feel good or bad about your list because of how intractable those things seem to be, but at this point limiting access to guns is probably even more unlikely so it seems like the focus needs to be on those root causes and not on the guns.

[trilbyglens]

There are many countries with high levels of gun ownership but dar far lower violent crime rates. The unifying attribute of those is that they lack poverty and desperation on the scale that were so masterful at creating in America.