have the right to weapons for the defense of the Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic. Hand gun control would disarm the populace making it ripe for a dictatorial takeover that would not be able to fight back. The more hand gun control laws that are passed, the more hand gun control laws that are passed, the more the government is chipping away at our constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Americans should be able to protect themselves from criminals that do abuse firearms. Politicians are trying, more than ever, to restrict America's constitutional right to own guns. However, individually armed citizens are the best defense for violent criminal acts. Collectively, Americans, as an armed law abiding populace are the be!
             st protection against the taking over of America by criminals (LaPierre 28). Professor James Wright and Peter Rossi researched a study of criminal acquisition, and found that 81 percent of 1800 criminals agreed that the "smart criminal" will attempt to find out if a potential victim is armed. Wright and Rossi discovered that 39 percent of felons admitted to aborting a crime because the victim was armed, 34 percent wee scared off, shot at, wounded, or captured by an armed victim, and 74 percent of felons felt that burglars avoided occupied dwellings for fear of being shot (Baimbridge, par.9).
             Hand gun control legislation should not be passed as they never worked previously. It is naive for the government, and gun control advocates who think gun control will reduce crime, to think that criminals will adhere to gun control laws. The National Institute of Justice concluded that over 20,000 gun control laws "had no impact in reducing crimina
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