Facts and Fallacies of Gun Control
On Monday of this week, a woman went into a private Christian School in Nashville, Tennessee and murdered 6 adults and children. As usual in this country however, almost as if on cue, progressives began demanding increased gun control, again. They insist that banning "assault-type" weapons and making it harder to purchase guns legally would stop these tragedies from occurring; ignoring the very first fact about all crime: that a criminal is, by definition, one who violates the law. The sad reality is that you cannot prevent crime by passing more laws; since those who commit crimes do not follow them. The reasons why increased gun control would do little if nothing to slow or prevent mass-shootings, is because in the history of civilization; such weapons have been in existence for too long, people have had too much access, and there are too many of them in existence. Desiring to remove such weapons from society is a laudable goal; however it is one that is not onl...