Crime would always increase with time when it seems like everybody is holding a gun which could be a sense of self defense but that might be more than that. Some still use it for atrocities and cause conflicts to others.
Gun crime hasn't increased. The thing that has increased is the advertising about gun crime. When you look at all the criminal gun activity, ALL OF IT, you will see that it's the use of guns that have stopped crime more than making crime.
Government wants to disarm the people. People without guns are no threat to a wicked, evil government. So, this same government that advertises that Trump is bad, is advertising that guns are bad.
It would be a wonderful world if there wasn't any criminality. But that isn't going to happen. Let's stop gun crime at the source; good people with guns stopping that bad people.
Google "police brutality" and see how many hits you get; hundreds of thousands. Millions? Are cops good? Some are, just like any other people. But bad cops often use their authority to do bad things. Do you want to be unprotected from those bad guys who have guns?