Not in my house!

Guns are not what kill people! People kill people! Taking guns away from society will make society more distrustful of every one around them. When the trust in community is removed, people have a far greater chance of procuring guns illegally just because they might think their neighbor has a gun too and why not; they need to protect their way of life as well. Instead we need to keep it legal for everyone to own a gun as long as they are within the parameters of those who can legally own or purchase a gun. Taking guns away does not stop school shootings or random massacres but will actually increase shootings because people will have a greater mistrust of the government and of their community. People are much more likely to scare off their attacker if they are armed either in their own home or out in public. 74% of felons polled agreed that "one reason burglars avoid houses when people are at home is that they fear being shot during the crime." Criminals fear little ole me from shooting them when they are trying to force their way into my home. Now why would I need to protect myself from that? Owning a gun is considered a right and a freedom for every United States citizen who chooses to exert that right and freedom. there may be people who are not allowed to won a gun, but they made that decision when they chose to do something against the law that would prevent them from owning a handgun. But, I have not broken any laws and if I so choose to own a handgun I should be able to own one. I should never have to worry about someone coming into my home and taking what is mine. Either my possessions or to harm my family in any way. I have the right and the duty to protect what is mine. Why should I be OK with the criminal who wants to do me harm to have a gun to coerce me to do his bidding, but it is not OK for me to put a gun to his face and tell him to get the heck off my property!

Guns are used 2.5 million times a year in self-defense. Law-abiding citizens use guns to defend themselves against criminals as many as 2.5 million times every year—or about 6,850 times a day.1 This means that each year, firearms are used more than 80 times more often to protect the lives of honest citizens than to take lives. Self-defense is a right to every citizen. If a snake enters your home and is threatening your children what do you do? Will you call the police and complain about it and wait for them to rescue you. The Department of Justice found that in 1989, there were 168,881 crimes of violence which were not responded to by police within 1 hour. The police cannot help every person every time. There is just not enough officers available to us on a daily basis. Citizens far out number police officers on duty. The ratio is unbalanced, what are you going to do? Wait for the police to rescue you from the snake threatening your family or are you going to grab the nearest weapon possible to kill or dismember the attacker so you can get your children to safety. The same scenario works the same way if that "snake" is a burglar or rapist intent on harming you and your family. Will you wait heedlessly by for the police to get there in time to help you or will you step and protect what is yours to protect? I hope you are going to protect what is yours. That is a basic instinct in all humans. Survival of self and survival of kin. It is the most basic instinct we have as humans. That instinct takes over and can make us do anything we need to do to protect ourselves and our family. Why not use that gun you LEGALLY bought at the gun shop to protect you from the criminal.
The Brady bill was implemented in 1994 to decrease gun violence in the United States. Many politicians and research analysts have found that making the gun laws more strict does not help gun violence in any way, such as in Washington D.C. and Arlington, VA. In these two cities it has been stated that, The strict gun laws in Washington D.C. make criminals buy guns in Arlington, VA. But the crime rate is lower in Arlington, VA than in Washington D.C. Criminals who are ignoring the laws in one state will just pursue other options in other states with a more lax law towards gun control and gun ownership. There will always be guns, we as citizens and lawmakers don't need to change the gun laws. We need to change how people can get access to these guns.