That’s great and all, but the data are in the article. Your hypotheticals don’t do much to change the numbers of guns flowing in from other states. If your argument is that the counterfactual would be even more gun crime, you’re welcome to make it; it’s just a really weak argument to lean into.
California is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco − and that could put a dent in gun violence (theconversation.com)