Alaska's gun violence murder rate is 2.7% with 61.7% of the population owning fire arms. District of Columbia who is number one at 16.5% firearm murder per capita with the absolute strictest gun laws in the nation with only 25.9% gun ownership. I don't know, you tell me what seems to be working and what doesn't? Those numbers came from Wikipedia which came from the FBI crime statistics. I believe the problem is not guns, it's not knives, it's not hamers, it's not baseball bats... The problem is a breakdown in the family structure... It's a breakdown in accountability. It's a breakdown in the enforcement of laws. It's a breakdown in our laws, i.e. Having to many laws. I also firmly believe that the drug war/ prohibition is a strong fueler to our violence. US murder rate was lowest before alcohol prohibition and lowest between Alcohol prohibition and the beginning of Drug prohibition. I know it's a bit off topic, but these laws breed contempt for the law.