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How are we to weight the differences in gun control? Is more control over the weapons some people say is our constitutional right to have needed? Or is a less constrictive approach needed to insure the safety of any and all families in America. At a glance both arguments appear to have validity and supportive reasoning behind them, but as we dig deeper we can easily see that both arguments are fundamentally flawed by nature. Scenario number one: the degradation of gun control. Allowing for easier access, for more people, to more powerful guns. This seems to solve a number of safety issues concerning burglaries, rapes and other forms of forceful human aggression sometimes displayed. Any man in his right mind would want his family safe at night. In turn purchasing a gun he sees as purchasing safety for his family. There is no doubt about it that having a hand gun in your dresser drawer or in you closet is a incredible deterrent for anyone breaking and entering or worse. But when do the means stop justifying the ends? It stops when parents leave loaded guns in reach of children who have not yet fully learned the value of human life. It stops