Statistics are facts. For example: The violence rate among spouses is higher and more fatal when there are guns around. Could a man/woman then obtain an illegal firearm if we put a law in place that a person was required to surrender their firearms if a domestic violence order was put in place? Of course. Would there be a LIKELY reduction in emotional thoughtless and unplanned violence? Of course.
I don't know the details of the crime bills you speak of. But I haven't heard of any bank robberies with tommy guns lately. So, some regulations work. Some don't. This is the good in the conversation.
Pretending NOTHING works is a failure on your part to be part of the conversation. Why have laws for anything at all, right? That's a nonstarter.
You think I don't respect your freedoms. i get that. But I think your zealousness to protect those freedoms does not forgive society, you and I, as a whole in our responsibilities to those freedoms.
What are your thoughts on felons and guns?