As for your assertion that it is just as easy to kill people with knives or baseball bats, that is simply preposterous. -clip-
^^^^^ CB: Yea, it does seem preposterous. The below suggests that murderers think guns are more efficient.
http://projects.wsj.com/murderdata/?mg=inert-wsj#view=all
165,068 murders between 2000-2010 in all states except Florida
Firearm 111,289 Knife 20,503 Other 11,364 Personal weapons 10,079 Blunt object 7,049 Strangulation 1,536 Fire 1,342 Asphyxiation 1,225 Drugs 638 Drowning 239 Poison 130 Explosives 53 Pushed/thrown out window 35