I am against gun control 100%. I think those for gun control are missing the real reason behind crimes with a weapon. And that reason is criminals dont care about laws. You can make all the laws you want and there will still be crime. Proof of this is countries that ban civilians from possessing a firearm and yet people are still being killed by firearms. Japan for example has very restrictive firearm laws yet criminals there still kill people and rob people with firearms.
The only way to reduce crime is to scare the bejesus out of criminals. Not be all sweet on them. They steal a car they get beat with the caning punishment used in other countries. This is a very painful punishment and imprints their mind that stealing results in extreme pain. Public executions such as hanging should be used and televised.
We need to enforce the laws we have. Its illegal to kill, rob, assault others, etc do those laws prevent that? No. So how is banning weapons going to stop that?
Banning firearms or restricting firearms only disarms the law biding and make them easy prey for criminals.
Example; why do some drunk drivers have over a dozen convictions? Did the law against driving drunk stop them? No! But I would bet you $100 that if you beat the hell out of them with a wooden cane after the 2nd conviction you wouldnt see as many repeat drunk drivers! And if you executed a drunk driver for killing some one I know they wont be a repeat offender.
So lets get tough on the criminals and help not hinder the public to defend themselves.