almost 50,000 people dies in car accidents in 1997. Or that we should ban doctors because millions die each year at the hands of inept doctors.” (“Kill Thousands”)Recent studies show that owning guns reduce crime. Criminals usually attack those that appear vulnerable. Thus having a gun will ward of criminals,“A study by Prof. John Lott of the University of Chicago, showed that by adopting “shall issue” concealed carry handgun laws, 31 states have reduced murders, on average, by 7.7%, rapes by 5%, aggravated assaults by 7% and robbery by 3%.” (“Kills Thousands”Gun Control Reduces CrimeGun control laws have not had a positive effect on crime, if anything; they have had a negative effect. Places that have strict laws on guns generally have a higher crime rate than areas that have moderate or light laws concerning guns. A criminal does not obey the law so putting restrictions on guns is not going to keep them from getting them, it is only going to give them more people to make victims because the innocent can’t get the guns they need (Ten Myths).Myths are everywhere and many of the people who support gun control support it because of a myth. Decisions on gun control need to be based on facts not myths so make sure you know whether or not your evidence is a fact or a myth when you decide.People who are for gun control base all their arguments on myths and the negative statistics (guns in homes are 43 times more likely…) instead of the facts and positive statistics. Personally, I would like to see statistics like these:“A gun is 25 times more likely to be used to defend against a criminal threat than to kill anybody” (Deceit).“A gun is 50 times more likely to be used to defend against criminal threat than to be used in a suicide” (Deceit).“A gun is over 500 times more likely to be used to defend against criminal threat than to accidentally...
