With all the shootings and random acts of violence, like the Colorado movie theater shooting or the Sandy Hook shooting, stricter gun control laws are a hot topic in politics and in the major national media. . The government believes that stricter gun control would help reduce the number of tragic incidents. I am against this idea because I believe that law-abiding citizens will be the only ones to abandon their weapons and that criminals will then have the upper hand over the innocent. Even though banning guns is supposed to save lives, cities like Chicago have already shown that stricter gun laws should not be passed because violent murders are still prevalent in these types of cities and strict gun laws haven't worked the way they were supposed to. gun laws simply won't work because law-abiding citizens will be the only ones following the rules. When it comes to violence, stricter gun laws will only help criminals hurt more innocent people. The reason I believe this is because during the years of prohibition in the United States, people were still able to find alcohol and there was nothing the government could do about it. Drugs then became a huge problem and the government still hasn't found a way to stop all drugs from reaching users. The exact same thing will happen with guns. There is no stop to supply and demand and if a criminal wants a gun, he will find it. In an article by Richard Carrington, a community elder who helps troubled youth, said: “Last night I was talking to a young man who had just bought a gun on the street. He was selling drugs and needed a gun,” Carrington said. “I asked him where he got it. His response was "I am a... middle of paper...... I gave up their guns, a significant spike in homicides per million occurred, this is shown by the pink dotted line ( Agresti and Smith, Gun Control Facts). It is astonishing how dramatically the number of homicides increased just after the 1997 gun control law took effect. just further proof that strict gun laws won't protect people from violence So even with all the shootings and random acts of violence, gun control laws shouldn't be. passed because people will be safer with guns It seems that the government has not thought through the ways in which guns can ensure safety. Also, how gun control laws do. don't work in areas that have them Even though guns have a bad reputation with government and gun control advocates as being dangerous, I think they are necessary for obvious reasons and control. guns will not help stop these violent crimes..