History is the best argument against control laws. A quick look at just a few examples of gun ownership vs. murder rates show they simply disarm law-abiding citizens, while people bent on violence find firearms readily available.

If gun control zealots had any respect for facts, they would have discovered this long ago, because there have been too many factual studies over the years to leave any serious doubt about gun control laws being not merely futile but counterproductive.

Places and times with the strongest gun control laws have often been places and times with high murder rates. Washington, DC, is a classic example (as is Chicago), but just one among many.

When it comes to the rate of gun ownership, that is higher in rural areas than in urban areas, but the murder rates are higher in urban areas. For the country as a whole, handgun ownership doubled in the late 20th century, while the murder rates went down.

Gun ownership has been three times as high in Switzerland as in Germany, but the Swiss have had lower murder rates. Other countries with high rates of gun ownership and low murder rates include Israel, New Zealand, and Finland.

The truth is that the media purposely promotes gun violence by criminals who have already broken laws as reason for enacting more laws. More laws will not change anything, better enforcement of existing laws is the only “logical” answer.