After the tragic Newtown shootings, it seems there are plenty who are using it as an excuse to get on their soap box about gun control. I think most of them have good intentions, but they are clearly missing an obvious point. Gun control laws will only hurt law abiding citizens, and help the criminals. Criminals will find ways to get guns if they want them. If you think gun control is the answer, you're wrong.
That would be like saying that since cocaine is illegal, no one will use it anymore. WRONG. Law abiding citizens won't use it, but criminals will if they want to; and they do. If we take guns away from the general public, that will mean only criminals will have them. Then we have no way to defend ourselves and criminals will know that and it will be open game for them. I'm sure there are some tweaks that should be made as far as what steps to take in order to buy a gun, or keeping automatic weapons off of shelves. But taking them away is just ludicrous.
I won't speculate as to what would have happened if there was an armed security guard at the Newtown school, because you never know. But what I do know is that even if guns were illegal, there would still be shootings and innocent people getting killed. But, at least with current laws, there are good people out there that have a chance to defend themselves.
