This is funny. Like, I'm laughing at you pretty hard right now, and here's why! Gun violence, specifically school shootings, happens in and around the places with the strictest gun control, places like Connecticut in the U.S. Why? Because when guns are as hard to get a hold of legally, it's harder for the average citizen to protect themselves or their family. Owning a gun isn't about strength, it's not about being a coward or not. It's about protection, the ability to hopefully keep it under lock and key, away from children, but always having it and not needing it. Average response time for authorities to respond to an emergency call on the U.S.? 6 minutes, that number increases in rural or urban areas. Tell me, what would you rather have happen? Watch as your family dies to intruders, or protect them in one way or another? In strict gun control areas, citizens are less likely to be able to defend themselves, and outlawing firearms, or making them harder and harder to aquire means the gun violence actually goes up, not down. Do you think that firearms used in most crimes are legally owned? Do you think that someone with a history of violent crime is carrying a legally own weapon? In certain cases, yes, but not the majority, that's for damn sure. Your argument is weak.