Primarily, removing guns causes more crimes. Samuel Francis, contributor of Gun Control: Opposing Viewpoints, states “One year after the mass confiscation …show more content…
To put that into perspective, if there was a population of 1 million people, thirty-two thousand more people would have been included in the deaths. Because of the confiscation, crime was increased, causing a spike in violence in death. Another study found that “So after all the pro-gun control grandstanding and the relentless focus on how the so-called easy availability of guns drives up crime, the CRS report shows that more guns–especially more concealable guns–has actually correlated with less crime" (Perry). More guns available to people meant that crime went down. Because of the exposure to guns, there was a correlation with less crime. Although, an article states “The gun homicide rate in England and Wales is about one for every 1 million people in a population of 56 million, that adds up to about 50 to 60 gun killings annually. In the USA, by contrast, there are about 160 times as many gun homicides in a country that is roughly six times larger in population. There were 8,124 gun homicides in 2014, according to the latest FBI figures” (Onyanga-Omara). The gun homicide rate in England (England prohibits the use of