However the pro gun control lobby's approach to the problem doesn't solve anything. Nothing in this world is as simple as it appears. This is true of gun control. The popular misconception is that firearms are the problem. They are not problem.
People kill people.
It isn't the firearms that are causing the problem. What is causing the problem is society. Lack of work, poor inner cities, the decline of the education system, and other factors that drive people to use firearms in crime and violence. These aren't easy problems to solve and people have become to prone to look for the easy way out. The public so far hasn't shone the desire to confront the underlying factors and really solve the problem.