Gun Control & RKBA

You raised a lot of issues all at once. First the questions:
1. How do you know that CURRENT gun control laws in Norway or Italy are based on things that happened in the 1920s and 30s?
2. Why are you comparing the United States to third world countries like Brazil and Mexico? Law enforcement is very weak in those countries.
3. Where are you getting your data on criminologist opinions?

If Wright and Rossi are correct, then certainly cutting down on gun theft and black market transfers should be a primary goal of gun laws or enforcement. The National Institute for Justice does promote this https://www.nij.gov/topics/crime/gun-violence/prevention/pages/gun-market.aspx but I don't think we are doing a whole lot of it, or if we are, we are not doing it effectively. Also, if I remember correctly, Congress stopped funding research on gun violence 20 years ago so I can't find any current data on this issue. I am not doubting Wright and Rossi, but a lot has changed in this country since the 1980s, research methods have changed too. It doesn't seem like we can do that kind of research anymore.

I do agree that the Gini coefficient is a big factor, and I am in favor of anything that will reduce ours.

And I am not only concerned about crime. I am also concerned about suicide and accidental deaths. There are more suicides than homicides. Half of all successful suicides use guns. Most suicide attempts fail, but 85% of attempts with guns succeed. Places with stricter gun control laws have lower suicide rates.http://www.suicidology.org/Portals/14/docs/Resources/FactSheets/2012datapgsv1d.pdf