ip and homicide or other violent crime. In the first thirty years of the twentieth century, U.S. per capita handgun ownership remained stable, but the homicide rate rose tenfold. (Lunde 1) And between 1937 and 1963, handgun ownership rose by 250 percent, but the homicide rate fell by 35.7 percent. (Kates 23) So one can see that there is statistical evidence to show that there is not a correlation between gun ownership and homicide rate. Therefore, the argument that more guns equals more crime, is be shown to be untrue in which case should lead to the end of gun control laws.
             Even if gun control laws did produce positive results in curbing crime, which they do not, the laws still could not be enforced properly. Although gun control advocates devote much a
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