Gun Control 1 Gun Control in America Kandi Porter Axia College of University of Phoenix Gun Control in America Gun Control 3 handgun from a licensed gun dealers. That means that there were 242,000 guns that were kept out of the hands of people who may have committed crimes with guns, including murder (Fingerhut & Christofel, 2002). As shown in this graph firearm death rates in the United States are extremely higher than in any other country. {draw:frame} According to the center for injury prevention and control in 2005 30,694 Americans were killed by a firearm. In 2005 only 40 percent of firearm related deaths were murder, 55 percent were suicide, three percent were accidental deaths, and two percent were legal killings which consist of criminals that were shot by police officers and undetermined intent. America’s estimated homicide rate fluctuated from a low of 1.1 per 100,000 in 1903 to a high of 10.7 in 1998. Gun Control 4 Gun control laws may or may not reduce the number of violent crimes in America. People opposed to gun control laws should take a look at improving the laws instead of trying to get rid of them. Gun control laws are meant to protect the people of America, not to stop Americans from owning guns and using them properly. The focus on gun control laws should be shifted towards dangerous and criminal gun use, gun dealing and gun trafficking. It seems that most gun enthusiasts are often familiar with the dealers who do not always sell only to legal buyers. Instead of opposing gun control laws the enthusiasts should try to refocus the laws onto the people who refuse to follow them. In the end the only true way to control firearms is to have no firearms at all. While this idea is very illogical it truly is the only way to prevent firearm violence, injuries and deaths. Even with effective gun control laws that greatly reduce the number of firearm crimes criminals regularly go out of their way by violating the law in order to gain possession...