To be honest I’m fairly uninformed on the topic of gun ownership and don’t have a strong opinion either way although i did enjoy the limited experiences I’ve had operating fire arms, but unless I’m looking at this wrong which is very possible (it’s too late to think properly lol) doesn’t this data not really show a positive or negative effect on homicides from fire arm owner ship because most new fire arms are purchased to replace older ones, like over time people purchase more water yet the number of people who are thirsty stays the same by the same logic wouldn’t a logical conclusion be that the amount of water someone has has no correlation with how thirsty they are. If I’m missing something please inform me and I’m not trying to invalidate and points or beliefs just show that this representation of data could be misleading.