Gun control is a good contributor, if not a necessary factor, to keeping homicides at a lower rate.

I'm not going to be extremely formal, I'm just going to prove your points wrong. Gun control has not been proven to lower the rate of homicides, whether it be with guns, knives, bats, hammers, even bathtubs. For example, in the United Kingdom, a universal handgun ban was implemented in the entire country in 1997, but it didn't stop people from using pistols to kill people, as stated by you is the only reason guns are used for, to kill people. Which you're wrong about, by the way, but I'll explain later. Also, in Ireland and Jamaica, which instilled a gun ban in 1972 in Ireland and 1974 in Jamaica, gun crime and crime rates also rose, not leveled out or decreased at all. Your definition of control is also wrong, as the full definition of control as a noun is: 6.the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command: example: "Who's in control here?" 7.the situation of being under the regulation, domination, or command of another: example: "The car is out of control." 8.check or restraint: "Her anger is under control." 9.a legal or official means of regulation or restraint: to institute wage and price controls. 10.Statistics. control variable ( def 1 ) . And as a verb, it's: . 1.to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command. 2.to hold in check; curb: to control a horse; to control one's emotions. 3.to test or verify (a scientific experiment) by a parallel experiment or other standard of comparison. 4.to eliminate or prevent the flourishing or spread of: to control a forest fire. 5.Obsolete . to check or regulate (transactions), originally by means of a duplicate register. This basically means that to control is to take weapons, or arms, from the individual, which, as you should know as an American citizen, is against the Second Amendment right. If you don't know the second amendment, I'll post it here word for word: A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Guns are not only used for killing, as a person who has used guns for almost my whole life, killing has only been a part of it for a fraction of the time, and human death has never been a part. Shooting as a sport is one of the safest recreational activities one can be a part of, and one of the most fun. Let me ask you a question: What's the difference between a person who is trained in pistol combat carrying concealed and a police officer, fresh out of the Police Academy? I will answer this for you: Priceless and the most important period of time, and nothing else. When an intruder enters your home and intends to do you or your family harm, what's the most important, that you have the means to defend yourself or that the police reassure you they will be there in less than an hour? Because I think the difference really is whether they're going to be cleaning up several bodies, instead of just the ones who intended to do harm. Thank you. Bummer you didn't use sources for your argument. Sources: -http://2.bp.blogspot.com... Shot 2012-12-22 at Saturday, December 22, 9.26 PM.png -http://crimepreventionresearchcenter.org... -http://dictionary.reference.com...