Gun Control  Persuasive Essay  Due to extensive media coverage
and mass public  attention to the recent high school threats and
shootings, there is  now a huge public awareness to the growing
number of fatalities  by and effects of handguns. I believe that
many tragic accidents  and violent crimes can be prevented if
handguns are outlawed.  Nan Desuka, author of Why Handguns Must
Be  Outlawed wrote, "Guns don't kill people-criminals kill
people."  Many people blame criminals for all the deaths caused
by  handguns. Clearly, this is not true. A large number of
deaths-by-  handgun are caused accidentally, by innocent people
with  handguns. Most citizens feel that outlawing guns will only
take  guns away from them, not the criminals. These citizens
feel they  need guns to protect themselves from such criminals.
Studies show  that in cases in which guns are used against
criminals, the innocent  man is more likely killed than the
intruder. Statistics show that for  every burglar who is halted
by the sight of a hand