April 18, 1775 the British marched down the streets of Lexington, in pursuit to disarm the American Colonists. Little did the British know, the colonists were prepared for this act. This is where the famous line “ The British are coming. The British are coming comes.” Originates from. The colonists gathered at the Lexington Green with their loaded muskets waiting for the British to arrive. “Disperse you villains – lay down your arms!” demanded the British when they arrived. The colonists refused to give up their arms, because they knew that if they didn’t have weapons they would be defenseless to the Britain’s (Firearms and Freedom). This event is known as the start of the Revolutionary War. If the colonists had given up their weapons we would probably not be living in America today. Now our government wants to take our guns away and people support this. The government should not disarm the society because criminals could take over the society, history has proven that the government will try to get total power over the people, and it would be against our constitutional right.
             If the government took away our arms with gun control criminals could easily take over the society. They would control the gun industry in the black market. You would not be able to find a gun legally, so criminals might start a new industry (Unarmed and Dangerous). If criminals rule the industry then other criminals are going to have access to the arms. This would put innocent people in danger because criminals would have arms and innocent people would have no good means of defense:
             “False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for evils, except destruction. The laws that forb
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