Not only would crime skyrocket if gun control was made law, but the checks and balances that restrict the power held by the government would, over time, be completely thrown and unbalanced. Even in recent events, one can see much haunting evidence supporting the notion that the government feels it has the ability to confiscate control from free people, partly because of the people's lack of ability to protect and provide for themselves. The following is such an instance in which the government stepped in and subtly proposed to take away yet another small, but important piece of the American's freedom: “ President Obama's program, entitled Now Is the Time, outlined a series of 23 executive actions he said would take to 'make our schools …show more content…
Forget for a moment that this proposition was intended only for schools. Imagine the panic that would ensue if this policy was, in the future, made law in every aspect of life. It is frightening to think that on every corner and near every home, a policeman would be stationed. Nothing would be private, and, undoubtedly, people would become anxious, even ready for a …show more content…
Harry Henderson states his view on the what gun rights advocates are saying: Generally, gun rights advocates want gun ownership to be treated in a way similar to speech or writing. Every adult citizen who does not have a criminal or mental health record should be able to own and carry the gun of his or her choice with minimal restrictions (such as banning guns in some public places like schools). Any criminal who commits a crime with that firearm, however, should be prosecuted and punished (Henderson 7).”
Really, it is very simple. Restricting guns from the public will only increase its desire for the weapons and will weaken the innocent to a point where crime becomes commonplace and no individual can protect himself. If proper punishment was promptly distributed to criminals convicted of gun crimes, and if more people had at least one firearm in the household, the use of the gun improperly would be decreased significantly. If one was worried that the result of more people owning firearms would be a mass outbreak of crime, he should read and consider this statement: “Hans Toch, a criminologist, points out that illegal use of guns does not increase in areas of the U.S. that contain the most substantial amounts of guns” (Kates 45). Bearing this in mind, it would be logical to say that crime does not increase in conditions where guns are present or readily available any more than