Guns aren't the problem. Poverty is a strong contributor to crime. There's about 2.2 million people below the poverty line in Australia, as opposed to the United States, which has 50 million people below the poverty line. So of course there would be more crime in America. Criminals need weapons. Even if guns were illegal, they'd still have guns. You can't blame an inanimate object for the acts of criminals. That's just nonsensical.