@Belle
It does matter. You cannot make a sweeping generalization on this issue. The problem (and the solutions) are not uniform cookie cutter that can be the same in all places. A more regional approach makes sense in tackling this issue AND in understanding it.
An incredibly obvious and sensible argument that has fallen on deaf ears too often. The answer in most cases would be that very few places in the world can currently handle relatively free and laxed gun laws (as for example Iceland [mostly] can).
