Gun Control2

A detailed Summary of Gun Control2

"Guns don't kill people, people kill people." It has been said millions of times by too many people to quote. For almost as long as guns have been around gun control has been a major issue throughout the world. As we look back on the past we find that gun control doesn't really help reduce crime. Another down side of gun control is that if the government takes away the right to own weapons then they will start to think they can take other rights away.

With every new anti gun law passed the crime rate in the United States escalates. For example if you look at the state of Texas or any other state where pro gun laws were recently passed, that allow non felon citizens to purchase and carry a handgun, you can see that crime rates have gone down in these states. It appears that if criminals feel threatened, because their victims may have a gun, they are less likely to attack people. This example shows how gun laws that restrict guns are ineffective because when a law that allows guns is passed crime rates don't go up but actually go down when more people have guns.

"Gun laws fail because they do not address the issue. The issue is not possession of firearms, but misuse of firearms. We cannot expect criminals to abide by gun l

"Any law which prohibits or limits a citizen's possession of firearms of military utility or their proper furnishings provides an open window through which a corrupt government will crawl to steal away the remainder of our firearms and our liberties. Any law, which prohibits or limits a citizen's possession of firearms of military utility or their proper furnishings, being directly contrary to the letter and spirit of the Second Amendment, is harmful to the Constitution, to the United States of America, and to its citizens." This quote sums up the fact that if the government takes away the peoples guns then the people have no way of defending themselves against a tyrannical government that may try to take other existing rights away.

"Gun control laws increase the power of government and the criminal element over the average citizen and serve no other purpose." England and other monarchies have gun control laws that prevent their citizens from having guns to prevent uprisings from the citizens toward the government. In 1518 The Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian the first, banned wheel-lock firearms to reduce crime, but the ban on the weapon was ineffective because the gun was too expensive for criminals to use so it didn't reduce crime.

If someone is a criminal they either don't really care about breaking the law or they don't plan on getting caught. It is absurd to pass laws that restrict law abiding citizens from owning weapons because it isn't the citizens, that are obeying the laws, that should be punished for the wrong doing of the criminals. A robber is no

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