Gun Control & RKBA

Sure, there are exceptions. But there seems to be a significant trend toward fewer homicides over the last 25 years. Perhaps the same factors, popularly identified with the Freakonomics crew, are at play around the "Western/Liberalized world." Frankly, when progressives are so quick to point to an object as the root cause, instead of dealing with increasing societal breakdowns, they are retreating to a reactionary and prohibitionist model. That's little more than joining the march away from a political philosophy that tries to ascertain causes of well-defined problems, then sets out to effect real policy changes to deal with those problems.

The more I see of gun-control, the more I am convinced that the position is conservative, elite-oriented and comports with many more conservative and reactionary elements who aren't really concerned with societal ills beyond bulking up LEOs and expanding executive authority's powers to effect law enforcement at ALL levels. After all, elites of any stripe can always get guns or hire those with them.