When encryption is outlawed, only outlaws will have encryption.
Not to say that I'd approve this farce.
I hear hand guns in particular are quite accident prone. Even if there's less crime, we might still have more deaths.
PS: I have actually been paid to look into crime statistics. Guns are bad, really really bad. But, you can twist statistics to say the sky is orange if you want to.
He came into it with a bias but still ended up with the opposite book from his intentions, due to honest research.
Either way you meant it, that is your individual belief based upon your own preferences, and there are literally millions of people who would disagree with you on this particular point. If there were no exceptions, where would all those dissenters go?
Not even close to factual.