Funny, Mexico prohibits almost all firearms except some small-caliber rifles and handguns. Those laws have done zilch; if anything, they've increased the violence as the civilians cannot effectively defend themselves from the drug runners. That's exactly what U.S. gun control laws do. We have essentially a prohibition on full-auto weapons too. But the media (gun control lobby) won't point to Mexico and say, "hey, look how well gun control is working in Mexico." Some people are incapable of learning anything.