There are many ways to justify gun control. Guns are by nature dangerous and lethal if used for criminal, military, or self-defensive purposes. They are involved in the most corrupt, uncivilized, and bloody human practices on earth today, but I would like to state that gun control is not the rational method to stop gun-involved crimes and accidents. In theory it sounds like a good plan. Take away guns and people won’t have anything to kill others with. But, as the old phrase goes, “There’s more than one way to skin a cat”; this turns out to be true. The law of nature is that only the strong survive. This statement is true in that the strong will always dominate the weak.
Thousands of children die annually in gun accidents.
False: Gun accidents involving children are actually at record lows, although you wouldn't know it from listening to the mainstream media. In 1997, the last year for which data are available, only 142 children under 15 years of age died in gun accidents, and the total number of gun-related deaths for this age group was 642 (John, 2003). More children die each year in accidents involving bikes, space heaters or drownings. The often repeated claim that 12 children per day die from gun violence includes "children" up to 20 years of age, the great majority of whom are young adult males who die in gang-related violence.
Gun shows are responsible for a large number of firearms falling into the hands of criminals
False: Contrary to President’s claims, there is no "gun show loophole." All commercial arms dealers at gun shows must run background checks, and the only people exempt from them are the small number of non-commercial sellers. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, at most 2 percent of....
