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I'm not blaming the gun control laws for the high murder rates. I'm pointing out that strict gun control laws seem to be ineffective at reducing murder rates. You could certainly point out that DC (for example) is right next to Virginia which does not have strict gun laws, thus it's easy for a criminal to 'import' a firearm. You'd have to have a nation-wide consistent gun law to have any real hope of impacting gun ownership.
I think murder rates have far more to do with outside stressors (economic situation as you mentioned, large quantities of people in a small area etc) than availability of firearms, legal or not. I simply don't follow that to the conclusion that more gun control laws are necessary.
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