Does Gun Control Help or Actually Hurt?

The debate of gun control has been going on for hundreds of years.  Some say that more guns = more violence.  Others say that we have a right to have guns no matter the consequences.  So where do I stand?  Suprise suprise I am opposed to gun control and gun regulation.  I oppose gun control for many reasons:

1. It’s unconstitutional.  The Second amendment to the Constitution clearly says “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”  Yes the Constitution generally only restricts the federal government, not the states, unless expressly stated but the passage of the fourteenth amendment extended the right to keep and bear Arms to the states as well: “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.”

Gun control laws simply violate the Constitution and mocks the rule of law.

2. No one, not even government, has a right to prevent a law-abiding, peacefull, citizen from having a gun.  If you want to have a gun, for whatever reason, why should anyone else, whether it be a friend, a neighbor, an enemy, or a group of politicians, command you “you cannot have a gun”?  Where does anyone derive the moral authority to prevent anyone else from having a gun?  You may not like the idea of someone else having a gun but you have no just authority to prevent someone from doing so.

3. Everyone has a right to there life and self protection including using a gun if necessary to protect your life. The right to keep and bear arms is directly tied to the right to life.  You don’t have a right to your life if you don’t have a right to defend your life.

4. Gun control not only doesn’t work or prevent crime it actually increases violent crime and murder.  You may think that that sounds backwards but it’s actually true and the reason for this is quite simple: A criminal by definition does not follow the law so a law telling a criminal “you can’t have a gun” has no effect on them.  Gun control laws only take guns away from law-abiding citizens, not criminals.

Here is also an excellent video with more information of the harm caused by gun control.