Felons depending on where they stay should be able to have protection, especially if they have a family and their families’ lives are in danger because others in their neighborhood are being murdered. “Citizens have the right to self protection. Local police forces are not able to protect it's citizens, they primarily investigate and try to solve the crimes after the fact.” ( Do we need more gun control regulations? 2008) “Given an average response of 15 minutes for a SWAT team, this is a very long time that you will need to defend …show more content…
Britain has tight control of guns and it hasn't done them any good. On the other hand, America has an estimated rate of 466 violent crimes per 100,000. Our rights shouldn't be abused any further.” (Shpadoinkle 2013) If Britain has strict laws and the violence still hasn’t changed as much, why should we try to do the same thing? Even if guns are illegal to some felons, they can still find multiple ways to get them illegally, without a license. If it is that easy for them to get a gun, then why should we go through the difficulty of making them illegal to them. Especially when they need them for their own