take a sample of 2 cities, New Orleans, and LA one has restrictive gun laws, the other does not.
Both have high crime rates. what else do they have in common since it not the "easy availability of guns causing those rates.
The same factors that contribute to high crime rates in NY, Chicago, Boston, and Detroit, etc, etc.
Long term domination by the "entitlement Union Democrats" and a large minority community for them to cater to.