Going off on a slight rant regarding gun control.
I live in Los Angeles. Chief of police liked boasting how violent (gun) crimes has decreased the past several years. I knew better for as a hobbyist, I listen to the police scanner 2-3 hours nightly. Just during the hours I listen daily there are several calls either of a man w/ a gun or of actual shootings.
Getting back to the police chief, it was recently discovered that many of the gun-related calls the past several years were mis-categorized as either (non-violent) assault calls or minor offenses. To make a long story short, it is believed this mis-categorization of incidents was so that the police department can represent themselves as being a more efficient dept AND that current "buy-back' gun programs sponsored by the city is (was) effective.
If you know anything about the city of L.A. (besides Hollywood) is parts of L.A. county (Watts, Compton, Wilmington) is riddled with crime (gangs). Violent crimes that occur in Beverly Hills or other influential parts of L.A. county, cops immediately go to the nearest highway entrance as they known 95% of these criminals are heading back to Watts or Compton (15 miles away).
One last thing regarding the absurdity of gun control being effective (which it isn't: In 2013, only one murder w/ a firearm occurred in Iceland. Why? Because bad guys in Iceland know that 96% of Icelandics own at least one pistol and 62% own a shotgun.
oops! One last thing: The state of California refuses to keep statistics of how guns have saved lives. They don't want to "glorify" the ownership of firearms.