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Gun laws do not need to become more stringent. Guns are a way of life for people living in different climates everywhere. Hunting and other recreational activities are a way of life in the country. Even city people like to leave the city and have fun target shooting or hunting every once in a while. The fact of the matter is, the gun only does what the person behind it chooses. Taking away guns or making the laws stricter will only cause a rise in violence and an uproar by the American people.
In the United Kingdom death rates rose from 1.12 percent of 100,000 people in 1996 to 2.1 percent of 100,000 people in 2002. In 1997 almost all handguns were banned from civilian possession, purchase, sale, and ownership. This was due to the Second Firearms Act of 1997 that was put into effect after the Dunblane Massacre. The rate of murders since the ban of handguns has dropped, but the murders themselves have not. In fact the rates even rose a little bit. The fact is more people kill others today in the United Kingdom then when handguns were legal.
“ In, 2005 there were 765 intentional murders in the UK and most of these were committed with knives. Blunt objects follow, then strangulation, fire, and poison. Banning guns has halted rampage shootings, but it does not address the issue of people killing each other (Micah, "10 Arguments Against Gun Control.").
Rampage shooters are people who are full of rage and anger toward the world. These people do not care if they die after their massacre. What they really want is to kill as many people as possible before they die. There are many ways you can help protect these “easy” targets. One is to arm teachers. Teachers armed with weapons could end one life, that will usually be taken anyway, ...

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...e murder rates increase. So there is correlation but it is due to people protecting themselves, not people buying firearms to hurt or injure others (Cothran, 25).
It is a constitutional right to defend yourself, your house, your property, your family, and your country. Having a Government enforce laws that could potentially endanger one's safety is unacceptable. Gun control doesn’t need to become more stringent. The only thing that could possibly happen is turmoil. The second amendment of the Constitution of the United States declares that U.S. citizens have the right to bear arms and defend themselves. The Constitution was written by the founding fathers and they were the people who made the United States great. We shouldn’t change the Constitution when the amendments already in effect have worked for over one-hundred years successfully already.