Adolf Hitler Once Said, “To Conquer A Nation, First Disarm

One of the biggest arguments against gun control is that it does not prevent criminals from committing violent crimes, such as murder. Based on information gathered by Argesti and Smith, this A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) study showed that when a handgun ban was put in effect in Washington D.C. “the murder rate averaged 73% higher than it was at the outset of the law” (Argesti and Smith). Another report from the FBI showed that when Florida and Texas implemented a right-to-carry law, their murder rates dropped by 30 and 36 percent (qtd. in Argesti and Smith). It is blatantly obvious that areas with high crime will continue to have the same level of crime, even after the implementation of stricter gun control laws.

Gun Control Laws have been proven ineffective. Cities like Chicago and Detroit have very strict gun control laws, yet they have some of the highest crime rates, whereas cities with more guns have lower crime rates. Places that have a higher rate of gun ownership, have less murders. Gun control laws do not prevent criminals from breaking the law. Criminals will still obtain firearms, or

In today’s society the majority of the crimes are still being committed by people who have possessed a firearm that has been obtained illegally or without proper permits. That being said there has been a strong push for gun control because of the rise of shootings involving a large group of people such as the Columbine massacre, Virginia Tech shooting and latest Aurora movie theater shooting involving people who have purchased firearms legally. Gun control laws in the United States have been established for many years but to maintain a civilized society with limited crime stronger control laws need to be enforced in which will help reduce crime in our country. Establishing stronger gun control laws will educate

* The U.S. doesn't even require a background check every time a gun is sold and allows the sale of assault clips holding more than 10 bullets. This makes it easy for dangerous people to get their hands on lethal firepower.

Some gun advocates often suggest the more law abiding citizens that have guns the less crime there will be. Gun control advocates will argue the opposite, and that no guns are better. People will always have their opinions on guns and gun control but most gun owners people are very responsible. This includes the safety of taking care of guns and putting them safely away. Keeping firearms locked up, trigger-locked, stored separately from their ammunition, or some combination of the three, the gun advocates, as well as non-gun owners, believe less accidents would occur. It is possible that this could make guns if gun owners took these actions. Statistics show that every year thousands of guns are stolen each year and end up in criminal’s hands because of improper handling and storage of guns. People sometimes abuse their rights to the second and fourteenth amendment. Sometimes guns do end up in the hands of irresponsible people. Thousands of people are killed, injured because of careless people leaving guns

Most of the criminals acquire guns from illegal sources. Gun control laws; therefore, are not able to restrict criminals. They only restrain law abiding citizens from possessing guns which increases the crime violence; therefore, society should be against gun control because people should be able to protect themselves, the crime rate would decrease, and people have the right to bear arms.

Gun control does not lower crime but guns do lower crime. When gun ownership increased in the twentieth century murder rate decreased. Taking away guns does not stop crap, if anything it makes matters worse. Think about it, why would a law of no guns stop a criminal. Robbing a bank is illegal, why would it stop them now. They will find the guns no matter what they don’t give up. What taking away guns all do is leave the people who abide by the law with nothing to protect themselves with. We do have police to protect you but they will not make it as near as fast to save you. Over half the people who took a survey by Pew Research said they would not feel safe if the gun laws got stricter. You should have the right to protect yourself by anyway possible, you should have to listen to dumb law on how you cannot protect yourself. If it is a

The Gun Control issue has sparked major controversy in America today. People who support gun control feel that guns are the reason for the soaring crime rate in our country. I disagree with the supporters of gun control. I feel that because of the black market, violent criminals being released from prison early, and the need to ensure personal safety, stricter gun control will have very little impact on violent crime in America.

“Gun violence has significantly decreased in the past 20 years. Violent gun crimes and violent crimes in general have been decreasing since the early 1990s...” according to James Jacobs a director of Center for Research in Crime and Justice at New York. There are many misconceptions about gun violence some pro-gun control supporters want you to believe like almost twice the amount of gun violence related deaths are actually suicides by guns because suicide is illegal. Another misconception is “Assault” rifles are super advanced but there only normal rifles with “military like” features such as bayonets or pistol grips. Laws and policies from other places would not work in the U.S. There are many other reasons why you should support anti-gun control.

People in this country assume that more guns will equal more crime. This is simply not true. States with shall issue permits have 10% fewer gun homicides than may issue States. After Florida passed their shall issue concealed carry law, the State saw homicide rates fall from 36% above the National average, to 4% below the average. Another argument that is commonly made, is that people who conceal carry are more likely to commit crimes now that they can lawfully carry a firearm. That statement is yet another myth in the debate of gun control. Since 1988, crime rates involving concealed carriers has consistently been around .02%. People possessing a concealed carry permit are 6 times less likely to be arrested for a violent crime, and 13 times less likely to be arrested for a non-violent offense. This facts are also echoed by the National law enforcement community, who adamantly support Americans right to defend themselves. A study that was issued in 2013, found that 91% of law enforcement personnel believe concealed carry should be permitted, “without question and further restrictions.” Another 2013 study by a National police gun policy organization, found that 86% of law enforcement officers in the United States believe that concealed carry is the single most effective way to stop mass casualty shootings. Concealed weapons are frequently used to prevent crimes and mass shootings in the United States. A Florida State University study asked 4,978 people, if they have used a concealed weapon in any way, to prevent or stop a crime. 1.33% of respondents reported having done so within the past year. If you multiply these numbers to fit the United States population, that would come to 1.9 million crimes that have been prevented by a concealed firearm. The numbers and facts present do not lie. If you put these statistics next to the testimony from law enforcement, you cannot deny the

In history time and time again it has been proven that Gun control does nothing but increase violent crime and prohibit its people from protecting themselves. China: 20 million dissidents were murdered, Cambodia: 30 million people were murdered, 1939 to 1945: 10 million Jews and other prisoners were murdered at Nazi concentration camps, Soviet Union: 20 million murdered either in slave labor camps or by Stalin’s cronies. Every single nation that has had a genocide of some sort has implemented or used existing Gun control laws to control its people. Modernly when these laws are introduced violent crime rates sky rocket and overall Gun violence does not decrease. “Crime statistics from the late 1980s and 1990s indicate that the measure failed to have a significant impact on firearm-related crime.” (Boston Globe UK). Why would somebody that stands on the

But I think statistics make a strong case that guns don’t create the problem, rather they help to counteract it. Instead of tougher gun laws, perhaps what we need are tougher criminal laws! The day that criminals and would-be murderers know that they will pay the ultimate price for their crimes, that’s when we will see a real decline in gun crimes. These days, law-breakers know there’s a good chance some slick criminal defense lawyer will get them off on a technicality or an insanity plea. They think they’ll “get away with murder”!

It has been proven that homicide rates go up after there is a ban on guns. Consider the time when there was a handgun ban in England and Wales in 1997. After the ban, the rates of homicides increased. There was only one year that the homicide rate was down and that was in 2010. Banning guns is a bad idea given that this ban started twenty years ago, and there were only one year the homicide rates went down.

Less gun laws will slow or decrease the crime rate. Test and studies say that criminal are less likely to attack someone if they have a firearm. Criminals do not want to attack someone if they have a gun. If more good people have guns it will be harder for the bad people to do much bad at all. Crime is based off of the wanting of things and its hard for someone to want something if they know that there could be death involved.

Statistics on firearms show that they are not an issue. One of the greatest misconceptions are that firearms cause higher crime rates. In reality that is nothing but a myth. Everyone seems to believe that stricter gun control laws curb violence but that isn’t true or accurate. The Crime Prevention Research Center wrote an article based on an interview titled, “Murder and Homicide Rates Before And After Gun Bans.” The article explores the correlation between guns and crime in England and Wales from 1990-2009 after the country implemented its gun ban. In the article there is a graph entitled, “ Did Homicide Rate Fall After Britain Banned Guns?” The graph showed a spike in homicides from 1997-2003. What all that means is that once the ban took