That’s what the New England Journal of Medicine is predicting in the wake of Heller. Yeah, because prior to Heller, criminals were too busy thinking “Sorry guys, it’s a collective right. We’ll have to wait until it’s individual before we go commit armed robberies.” But the study does conflate the suicide and homicide numbers. It also depends on the Loftin study, which has been thoroughly debunked.
The hysterics post Heller have been absolutely unbelievable. It’s full tilt in the media for the meme that guns do nothing but kill; they aren’t used for sport, and they aren’t used for self-defense. No. They cause crime and suicide. The suicide angle seems something particularly hounded on for some reason, I’m guessing because they know crime rates won’t go up, so they are banking on suicide rates inching up, so they might have a leg to stand on.