No matter how secure a person feels with today's technology and law enforcement system, police protection is not everywhere. The need arises for individual citizens to be able to defend themselves and their families in a matter of seconds. That's how long it takes for a life to be taken. A gun can provide protection for a child or an elderly person against an attacker. Criminal control and restoration of values and morals to American citizens are two basic alternatives to gun control.
Criminal control is much more effective than gun control.
Sixty-thousand criminals are convicted of serious crimes every year, and never see a day in prison. Those who do are released after serving only one-third of their sentences. The time prisoners spend behind bars has been steadily declining. Gun control is far less effective as a crime deterrent than ending parole, adding extra police, giving longer sentences, and eliminating bail and plea bargaining. The most effective way to prevent crime is to reinstate a high standard of values and morals.