Schweppesx3''gun ownership isn't the problem though''
yes it is
Not really seeing as the states in the US with the least gun crimes are the ones that don't 'crack down' on guns so to speak.
Other people have refuted your other points but I feel like I need to refute this one.
The reason for this is because those stats have lower homicide rates, but vastly higher suicide rates. The suicide rate in the U.S. is double the homicide rate. Men and women attempt suicide at very similar rates, but men are much more "successful" because they use guns. There's a part of the U.S. referred to as the "suicide belt", which basically constitutes Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, etc. Demographically, these are the states with the largest proportion of older white men, living alone in an isolated, rural setting, with access to firearms.
Obviously I'm not arguing that suicide is morally as reprehensible as homicide. However, when you then go on to conflate "gun homicides" with "gun deaths", it feels pretty skewed without discussing this other area where gun ownership makes a giant impact.