I meant a superior source supporting an opposing side to my argument Kevin.
Pub: I don't believe your notion is correct and I'll put more research into it later, but for now this link will suffice to serve my point.
http://www.crpa.org/pressrls101502.html
And just a reminder to those citing the high murder rate in the U.S, please note that the murder rate in the U.S excluding gun murders is alone higher than the total murder rates in England, Canada, or Japan.*
*Erik Eckholm, "A Basic Issue: Whose Hands Should Guns Be Kept Out of?" The New York Times, 3 April 1992; and Kates, Guns, Murders, and the Constitution, at 42.