Cody Kotsopoulos
Period 1
11/13/2005

Gun Control

	Gun control should simply be kept the way it is to this day. Crime is going to happen 

in this world no matter some people may think. To increase security and standards on gun

control will only worsen the situation. In fact, some people may become more aggrivated 

by higher standards of gun control. Thus, that can lead to more violence than there was 

previous.

	Gun control should not be increased for many reasons. A great reason it should 

not be increased is because self-defense is reported 2.5 million times a year according 

to Florida State University studies. Thus showing, to increase gun control standards 

could possibly prevent many people from staying safe or even alive. There is no need 

to make the laws more strict when millions of innocent people need guns to protect 

themselves and their families.

	In the recent years gun violence has decreased a substantial amount. From the

years 1995-1998 violent acts decreased by 25%. Why should there be more gun 

control if the violent acts in the country are decreasing? The whole purpose to make 

gun control more strict is to help prevent violent acts of crime. When in fact the way 

gun control is today, the violent acts subsided by a substantial amount.

	In the year 1997 the murder rate was the lowest it's been in the last 30 years. 

Yet again, another fact proving that gun control is fine the way it is. If the murder rate 

was the lowest it's been in the past 30 years, then that shows progress in the ways 

of gun control. The steady rate of violent acts with guns decreasing shows no need 

for gun control to be heightened at all.

	35% of all households in America own firearms. To increase gun control standards 

would prevent a lot of people that are in the early stages of their family development. The 

35% of households that own the firearms own them without the intent of criminal activity. 

Only on very rare occasions is their crime involved. The reason why households have guns 

is to protect the family that lives in the respective household.

	Gun control should not be heightened in any way, shape, or form. The countries gun 

control policies are fine the way they are today. The gun violence has subsided and 

decreased over the years, it has not increased. Why should so many innocent Americans be 

deprived of owning a gun for their own personal protection and/or recreational use? The 

bottom line is gun control is fine the way it is. To change the gun control policies would 

only heighten the risk of criminals committing more crimes to get their hands on guns 

illegally.