The term "abate" in Line 9, Para. 2 possibly means ______.

A．It has little influence on the forum sponsored by the Crime and Justice network.
B．Neither supporters nor opponents of gun control cite the works of scholars.
C．The works of mainstream social scientists have great impact on it.
D．Many social science historians have so far failed to take part in it.

A．Gun control should be tightened.
B．Guns have little to do with murder.
C．Gun culture was the result of high homicide rates in America.
D．The statistics that earlier historians produced of gun ownership is reliable.