I've invited you to show the correlation. That means I am open to objective evidence.
If you used to words loosely, though, and did not mean actual scientific correlation, just say so.
I am happy to debate the topic on opinions and principles. Because you and I just don't need guns, you know. All of the problems encountered during the day, they are solved with hammers or keyboards or gadgets or whatever. See? So we don't need guns.
Until, you know. Until we do need them.
I understand your point of view. But with such argument you can justify anything.
"Why did you kill your neighboor?
Well of course he was a really pleasant dude and everything went smooth! But you never know. Maybe one day he would have threatened me."
That's why you get to know your neighbors. You have clam-bakes, and potlucks with them. You all learn to be friends. Then, when you need gun help against somebody from the outside, your neighbors are there to back you with their guns.
And then you become a fucking closed community unnable to evolve because of the global consanguinity.
Welcome to Texas!
This might be true if the population of your town is 500. But if it is 100,000, the people at the edge of your group have neighbors who are not in your group. They form their own group, and are part of two groups. As the groups get to know each other, they unite... until the whole town of (did I say 100,000?) 10,000,000 get to know each other and are on the same wavelength.
China's million man army doesn't stand a chance against your guns.