The crimes are committed by people. It's their choice. Whether it's a gun, or bow and arrow, or fertilizer and diesel fuel, those are the tools they use. Chicago, our current presidents supposed hometown, has the strictest gun control in the country and the most shooting murders. People who overeat know it's their choice what to eat, but should we ban spoons? People who drive drunk and kill other people kill more than handguns do. Do we ban cars? Or alcohol?
What is the reason those things don't get banned? Because the government puts in laws against those so they can make money from them. So the laws for guns is just to make money. Plain and simple. There is no concern from our current leaders about what we do to each other. But while it's the politically correct thing to do they want to institute stricter gun laws to make more money. If they really cared about human life other than theirs then we would deal with the real problems here and that is the people, not the tool