The average sentence for car theft is only 3.8 days. The average sentence a murderer might serve for a killing is only 2.3 years. The president, Congress, and state legislatures are constitutionally prevented from infringing on our right to bear arms, and a look at the statistics makes one question why they would want to anyway, since gun control hasn't worked where it has been tried. It is an authoritarian step in the wrong direction and a convenient distraction for people who don't want to deal with the real issues of removing from the streets the people who commit the crimes. The results are in.
Gun control makes the street safe for violent criminals.
The people's right to protect themselves should be restored, not restricted. Yet, tragically, in Chicago, some 60 children were murdered in 1993. Clearly, the Chicago statistics tell us something horrible is happening. It's time we become more candid and not allow ourselves to be detoured in the pursuit of the real causes of violent crime. Self-defense is so basic a right that it is an instinct.