"When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are safe." - Luke 11:21. Gun rights is a giant argument in our country right now. In the wake of the Sandy Spring shooting President Obama and the rest of the Democrats have been pushing for gun control. This seems like a mistake because if someone loses their weapon there will be many problems. There are three main reasons why gun control is wrong for our country. The first main reason is that when you take someone's weapon away, they lose their way to defend them-self  and then crime will go up because criminals do not have to worry as much about someone being able to defend them-self. Another reason why gun control is not the right choice for our country is that in the constitution all citizens have the right to bear arms. The final main argument against gun control is that we do not need to take away weapons from citizens we just have to do better background checks so we can help stop guns from being bought by someone who should not own a gun. David Keene, the President of the N.R.A. talked on this topic saying, 'Make current background checks work before expanding the system. Keene argued that the present mechanism for vetting gun buyers — the National Instant Criminal Background Check System — is inefficient and lacks comprehensive data on criminal records and mental health." 

The first and most prominent reason for people to be able to keep their weapons and stop the government from disarming as many people as they can, is that if people do not have a way to defend themselves criminals will become more aggressive because they know that people will not be able to stop them. Criminals will also not be as affected by the gun control laws, because they can still get a gun on the black market, or just steal it from somewhere else. Mr. Keene mentions this topic by saying, "Current laws would work if they were enforced, Keene said. He said Chicago has a high murder rate involving firearms, and some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, but it ranks 89th among localities in actually prosecuting gun crime." This means that even though Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation it still has one of the highest crime rates in the country, because the criminals still have guns and the everyday citizen does not. Also the city does not enforce their small time gun violations. On the other end of the spectrum in a small dollar store in Indiana a pastor stoped a robbery because he had a gun with him. He told reporters something that happened during the robbery. "He was telling me to get on the ground," Sanders told WFIE. "That's when I pulled my weapon and say, 'No, you get on the ground." So based on these two examples allowing citizens to have weapons can stop potentially dangerous crimes and stop people from getting injured in the prospect.