The truth is that gun control may well result in more people dying. According to Gary Fleck, a well-respected criminologist at Florida State University, a victim who resists with a gun is only one half as likely to be injured as one who submits, and far less likely to be robbed or raped. Convicted robbers and burglars report that they are deterred when they think their potential targets are armed. He points out the fact that national statistics show that there is little violent crime where gun ownership is most widespread. According to the academic experts, laws which result in less gun ownership will likely result in more violent crime.
Criminals tend to agree.
I'm an armed robber. Yet Washington has one of the highest homicide rates in the country. Simply because gun laws only apply to the law-abiding. Drugs are against the law. It is also against the law to rob and steal.