Without doing research I can assure you that most gun deaths occur in inner city areas infested by drugs and controlled by gangs. They do not shoot innocent people unless those people got hit in a hail of crossfire, I.e casualty of war. It’s bad for business and brings uneccesary heat to a thriving business. Cmon that’s logic 101. That’s were most gun deaths occur and I don’t need data to tell me this. Are there outliers , like a husband who caught his wife banging his best friend, a crazy disgruntled post office worker, a pissed off ex. Of course. Are guns used to hold up people, home invasion yes, but I bet most are never fired in those situations. It’s used to intimidate for the most part.
That being said. The guns that are used to kill that fall under the majority of gun related deaths are probably being used by people with records who do not go through the appropriate channels. Just like the guy buying coke does not go to Walgreens.
So asumming some of what I say is correct, how will stricter gun controls stop the above? Maybe death penalty for owning a gun. Or perhaps looking at drugs etc.