units-have not come up with a slogan equal in power to 'Guns don't kill people- criminals do" (Desuka 278). It would be impossible to outlaw and confiscate all handguns. Look at the fight to keep illegal drugs off of the streets. For example, even though they are illegal, they are still easily obtainable. Like drugs, if handguns were banned, those who wanted them would still be able to purchase them. The only way gun control laws would work is if they were somehow applied to the secondary market. If the government attempted to do this, it would be extremely expensive and criminals would find ways to get around them. Desuka argues, "Criminals kill; when there are no criminals, there will be no death from guns" (278). Therefore, since we cannot exterminate all of the criminals in America, we may as well let us, the innocent, purchase guns, without all of the hassle caused by gun control laws, to protect ourselves. Polsby points out that "people who are armed make comparatively unattractive victims" (2 of 11). "Handguns are easily available, both to criminals and to decent people who believe they need a gun in order to protect themselves from criminals" (Desuka 278). If gun control laws become stricter, they will only regulate the legal use of guns because criminals can purchase them from the underground market. Wright, author of "Second Thoughts about Gun Control," states that "No matter what laws we enact, they will be obeyed only by the law-abiding- this follows by definition" (Wright 99). Since criminals become criminals by breaking the law in the first place, why would they start abiding by gun control laws? Especially, since if they did, they would be easily caught.Polsby offers that "Handguns, so often the subject of gun control laws, are desirable for one purpose- to allow a person tactically to dominate a hostile transaction with another person" (2 of 11). Criminals use weapons to get what they want without being hu...
