Would you rather have fewer guns and less crime or more guns and less crime?

Question by Got rings this millennium?: Would you rather have fewer guns and less crime or more guns and less crime?
There are some who say that there is a strong correlation between less restrictive gun laws and less crime. This might be true, but only to a very small extent, I believe. A criminal with the mindset and audacity to commit violent crime will do so (usually driven by intense personal, monetary or chemical addiction reasons), regardless of how his victim or law enforcement might fight back. Other Western countries with more restrictive gun laws such as Japan, Canada, the UK, South Korea, Germany, and so on all have lower crime rates. A country’s crime rate is a reflection of the quality of its people. Those who question me on the statistics can look it up yourself.

http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/27/2/214.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States
Wouldn’t it be more worthwhile to combat social problems rather than simply make firearms more available and expect the problem to solve itself?
Also, it is vain to argue that places such as Switzerland or Vermont with very liberal gun control laws have less crime. An ethnically homogeneous populace with few social problems will always have less crime than a Texas or California with a large minority population, a large overall population, and rampant drug problems from across the border.

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Answer by wat
we need guns so the government can fear us though.
and to protect ourselves from the crazies.

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