Question for anti-gun folks?

[flaminlib]

This is directed at staunch anti-gunners, not gun control supporters necessarily. I support sound and effective gun laws but I want to hear from the true anti-gun crowd.

I am making the assumption that you want to ban firearms for 2 reasons. Accidents and intentional gun violence. Is that correct? If not, read no further, but please tell me what your reasons are. My following questions/arguments are based on those assumptions so I might have to go back to the drawing board :)

My question is, since gun ownership has remained fairly steady over time, since the 1950's (The Bureau of Justice Statistics Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics) how can you attribute the increase in gun violence to guns themselves? Wouldnt the historical trends in gun violence keep pace with gun ownership? Since there has been no increase, in fact a slight decrease, in gun ownership, wouldnt gun violence also decrease or remain steady if guns were the "cause" of gun violence?

Second, in terms of accidents involving guns, would you agree that the historical increase in reported incidences of accidents are a result of increasing concern, awareness and statistical measurements on "gun accidents"? There were very few if any (that i can find) surveys or measurements of "accidental" gun injuries/deaths prior to the 70's. Couldnt the increase in reported cases of gun accidents be to due to an increase in keeping statistics on those cases?