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"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
Another way for the people of this great nation to lower crime rates is to begin by creating tighter family values and encouraging children to learn other ways, besides crime, to be successful in life. Recent research is finding gun laws do not reduce the amount of violent crime in our society. "Gun control laws increase the power of government and the criminal element over the average citizen and serve no other purpose. The only people ever affected by gun laws are peaceful, law abiding citizens, who never abuse their firearms right. Harsher penalties against gun related crimes would make people think twice about committing these crimes in fear of the penalties. " 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. Violent crime in Jamaica dropped significantly for about six months but, within a year violent crime rates in Jamaica went back up to the same level as before and has been increasing since. 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. The law shouldn't be on the gun it should be against the person using the gun. Gun laws have succeeded only in disarming the law abiding and making the criminals' work environment safer I submit that our concern should be to make the environment for honest citizens, and this, gun laws have failed to do. If we look at other countries gun laws we can find that gun restriction dose not work. The government strictly enforced these laws. aws when they have already shown a disregard for law and order by their criminal activity.
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