Something Less Than a Bang-Up Job

I agreed a while back to accept some modest gun control legislation; a) universal background checks and b) a limitation of 10-15 rounds on magazines. I did so because I didn't think that it would do any harm and that it would possibly give certain people solace, NOT because I thought that it would be effective...............................................................................Yeah, well guess what, folks, stuff like this ISN'T effective. The Centers for Disease Control and Harvard University have both come out with exhaustive studies that have shown that policies such as banning specific firearms or ammunition, restrictions of firearms acquisition, waiting periods for firearms acquisition, firearms registration and licensing of owners, zero tolerance policies for firearms in schools, etc. have all had absolutely zero effect on violent crime in America. Couple that with the fact that there has long existed a strong negative correlation pertaining to gun ownership and the murder rate (http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/05/07/gun-homicide-rate-down-49-since-1993-peak-public-unaware/) and there really isn't all that much to hang your hat on here when it comes to these policies....Of course if it does give us solace....