I have some guns, have had some of them in my possession over 40 years now. Not ONCE in my life have I ever unholstered my weapon for self defense as a civilian (and I will still carry due to the fact that I'd rather not need it and have it rather than needing it and not having it). Not ONE singe gun of mine has ever been stolen. Not ONCE has a gun of mine ever been used in a crime. I would haphazard a guess that within 5 square miles of my house there would be at least a couple hundred of rifles and handguns (each). Last 10 years, 1 murder and most break ins due to meth heads doing stupid *hit for their drug of choice. Statistics go both ways. The issue is we have stupid people in this world. Put more people together (cities) and rates go up because you have more supid people. The question becomes should my rights be infringed upon due to the stupidity of others? What would gun violence be like statistic wise if we took every major city in the US out of the equation as well as taking out suicides?