I don't think it's good to hold a misunderstand of the statistics against someone when (as in this case) they're so easy to read in a certain way.

> the reason y'all have a bunch of shootings is that you have a bunch of guns to do shootings with

Yet by your own admission poverty and inequality appear to account for the bulk of the effect.

Actually I think you'll find that plenty of Americans will acknowledge the link you point out. Just not in a politically charged exchange where the other party appears to have an ideological axe to grind. Where they'll likely disagree is the extent or significance of it. In many cases they will object that rights should never be curtailed for the purpose of lowering petty crime (I tend to agree).

I think it's also worth mentioning the statistic that legal gun owners (which is a wildly low bar in the US) have a lower rate of violent offense than the police.