Gun control won't work  Whenever there is a mass killing like
the recent elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut,
some people want to get rid of guns that can kill. What they
forget is that guns can also actually save lives. Though more
gun control is emotionally appealing, it will not work because
it ignores the life-saving and crime-deterring nature of guns
and it would not actually reduce crime.  Gary Kleck, professor
of criminology at Florida State University, examined the data
and found that the best way to survive a criminal attack was to
resist - with a gun. Rather than being helpless, having a gun
allows the victims to plan the best course of action -
compliance or resistance. If someone with a gun had shot at the
criminal in the Newtown incident, he might have been stopped
earlier. Think about all the lives that might have been saved!
In a recent interview, Becca Knox, director of research at the
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and a gun control advocate,
suggested that more gun cont