you can't find broad academic consensus against me- more guns corerlates to more homicide, gun contr

The basis of this argument is the following: "more guns correlates to more homicide, gun control correlates with less homicide" Is this true? I think not. "Every place that has been banned guns (either all guns or all handguns) has seen murder rates go up. You cannot point to one place where murder rates have fallen, whether it"s Chicago or D.C. or even island nations such as England, Jamaica, or Ireland." http://crimeresearch.org... The handgun ban went into effect in 1997. Here are the statistics. In 1997 there were 11.8 homicides per million. This peaked at 17.8 in 2002/03 with the lowest rate being the recent 09/10 of 11.1 The lowest number prior to the ban was in 1970 in which there were 7 homicides per million peaking to 13 in 1995. https://www.gov.uk... (pg 32.) "The immediate effect was about a 50 percent increase in homicide rates. Firearm homicide rate had almost doubled between 1996 and 2002" "The homicide and firearm homicide rates only began falling when there was a large increase in the number of police officers during 2003 and 2004. Despite the huge increase in the number of police, the murder rate still remained slightly higher than the immediate pre-ban rate." Ireland: "A new study suggests the use of handguns in crime rose by 40% in the two years after the weapons were banned. The research, commissioned by the Countryside Alliance's Campaign for Shooting, has concluded that existing laws are targeting legitimate users of firearms rather than criminals. The ban on ownership of handguns was introduced in 1997 as a result of the Dunblane massacre, when Thomas Hamilton opened fire at a primary school leaving 16 children and their teacher dead. " "The Centre for Defence Studies at Kings College in London, which carried out the research, said the number of crimes in which a handgun was reported increased from 2,648 in 1997/98 to 3,685 in 1999/2000. It also said there was no link between high levels of gun crime and areas where there were still high levels of lawful gun possession. Of the 20 police areas with the lowest number of legally held firearms, 10 had an above average level of gun crime. And of the 20 police areas with the highest levels of legally held guns only two had armed crime levels above the average." http://news.bbc.co.uk... Jamaica: Homicide rate goes as follows per 100,000 2015: 41.019 2013: 44.0020 2012: 40.5920 21 29 2011: 41.9720 21 22 23 24 2010: 53.7820 21 22 23 2009: 62.7720 21 22 23 25 26 2008: 60.5920 21 22 23 25 2007: 59.49 2006: 50.51 2005: 62.92 2004: 55.55 2003: 37.03 2002: 39.86 2001: 43.71 2000: 34.15 1999: 33.422 30 1998: 33.922 30 28 1997: 41.422 28 1996: 37.222 30 28 1995: 31.722 1994: 28.329 1993: 27.17 1992: 26.45 1991: 23.79 1990: 23.09 http://www.gunpolicy.org... The rate around the gun ban sat around 10 per 100,000 people by the way in 1974. D.C. "June 1976: Eighteen months after Congress established home rule for the District, the D.C. Council votes 12 to 1 in favor of a bill restricting city residents from acquiring handguns. The law exempts guards, police officers and owners who had registered their handguns before it took effect. Under the bill, all firearms (including rifles and shotguns, which were not restricted by the law) must be kept unloaded and disassembled, except those in business establishments." "June 26, 2008: Supreme Court strikes down the D.C. ban on handguns. " http://www.washingtonpost.com... Prior to 1976 (no ban) the highest amount of murder were 281 and lowest 81. in-between then and 2008 (ban) the highest amount of murder were 482 with the lowest being 180. since 2008 (lifted ban) the highest amount of murder were 145 though if we include 2008 itself it would be 186. The lowest being 88. http://www.disastercenter.com... These are just a few instances. The statement made : "more guns correlates to more homicide, gun control correlates with less homicide" is dispelled by finding even simply 1 instance in which the above is not true.