Doesn't sound like a very informed lady, you should educate her. Mexico has had very tight gun laws that make ours seem very liberal, but, even with that, I believe there is still crime there... Isreal I believe someone already mentioned is a place where if you are not X-military or police, you can pretty much kiss any type of weapon ownership good bye. I think there is still crime there also... Also, you can bring up China where guns are also highly regulated, still lots of crime. Huh... However you can also bring up Switzerland where every male that can actively serve in their military is required, yes I said required to have a fully automatic rifle and a pistol also I think in their home in case they are called for duty. Not kidding on that, look it up. Crime is so low, that they don't keep statistics of it. Here is a quick article on it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1566715.stm