With all the recent emotional debate over gun control, it's been rather hard to get factual information on exactly what effect gun control and gun ownership has on our safety. Thankfully factcheck.org has put together an excellent summary of the facts. Conclusion? We lack the data to make a really good policy decisions.

The thing that annoys me is pundits quoting US gun homicide rate in comparison to other countries, and ignoring the total homicide rate.