How Can Gun Control Reduce Crime

“It’s not gun control we need, it’s sin control” (Si Robertson). The government can’t control what people do with their firearms or who has them in their possession. Gun control does not decrease crime. With or without guns people will still find ways to harm others and even with a gun ban people will still find away to either make or buy a gun illegally. With a gun control law in place there is no good way for citizens to protect themselves. Even though some may say it that it will stop some of the crime, there are many reasons that prove that gun control doesn't decrease crime.

If you take away a person’s gun it still will not stop them from finding another way to the crime they intend on doing. It would be just like making drugs illegal, people still have them even though it's illegal. “In the US, the right to private gun ownership is conditionally guaranteed by the US constitution” (Alpers 2016). This is stating that it is in the constitution that it is legal that any private individual can own a gun. The government can’t come back over 220 years later and try to change what is written in the constitution. Even if they were able to change what is stated in the constitution there is still no effective way of banning guns in the US.

The main benefit to decrease the amount of guns allowed in

the United States is that quantity and cost of making guns and bullets for our military could be much better. There is really no way of saying that banning our guns will decrease crime. It would actually increase it because then, just like the debate with drugs, there would be more arguments and deadly riots debating the new restrictions on our firearms. “When you have a loaded gun, you have to think about it all the time” (Bjorklund 61). He stated this in his book to show that individuals who do carry a firearm with them always have the thought of it in their mind. It is reasonable to make people take a class to carry a gun with them so people can ensure that they are safe with it and know how to handle it, but it is not to the point that we should take them away and not give people the right to defend themselves.

“If a criminal is going to break into a house, what type of town would he go to?... A town with a gun ban” (Lee 110). Without the right of the 2nd amendment the citizens of the US have no secure way to defend themselves. They need the the right to own guns so that they can protect themselves from the people or even animals that could try harming them. Bjorklund also stated that “The majority of gun owner say that they own a firearm for self-defense from attack or burglary” (61). The number one reason for owning a gun is for protection and a country can’t take that away from it’s citizens.

These are just three of the reasons that prove that gun control does not decrease crime in a country.

It goes to show that taking away a person’s gun won't stop them if they are on the path of harming someone and it’s not going to keep them from getting ahold of a gun or another weapon to harm a person. People can't be kept from their right of protection and their right to the 2nd amendment. Also the government should not change the United States constitution after 223 years of it being in place. Let's prove to our government and other citizens that good people with there right education should be able to own a firearm to protect themselves and their

family.