This article should be read by every gun control advocate in the country.....but I doubt any of them would change their minds....
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/01/17/ED78820.DTL
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/01/17/ED78820.DTL