That might well be the case - however a stance w/o reliable indicators doesn't work for me.

There is logic, and there is statistical inference. The latter might require empirical indicators and analysis; the former does not.

This is a matter of logic, not statistics.

Except banning guns =/= less guns. All you do is take them away from the responsible users who would be the only ones adhering to the law.

er... it does...

Source: the UK

Not in America for multiple reasons from historical reasons (centuries of people owning guns) to logistics like the country being too large to control gun trafficking because we can't control the southern border and people just cross over, so trafficking is guaranteed.