“I believe in the 2nd Amendment, but not weapons of war on the streets,” President Barack Obama quoted (“Barack Obama on Gun Control,” n.d., par. 3). The debate over whether stricter gun laws will help deter crime has gained a lot of attention since crime rates began to rise. Many research studies show that stricter gun laws are very effective in inhibiting crime. Arguing in the affirmative, tougher gun laws will help deter crime by banning the possession of military-style assault weapons, banning guns with high-capacity magazines, and creating new gun regulations that delay the process of gun ownership by limiting access to weapons significantly. at the same time. If stricter gun laws are built into the system, we will be able to imagine a bright, crime-free future ahead of us. Stricter gun laws aimed at banning military-style assault weapons have been shown to reduce crime. According to an assault weapons ban bill in California, "The 1994 assault weapons ban was effective in reducing crime and getting these military-style weapons off our streets. Since the ban expired (which expired after 10 years), more than 350 people have been killed and more than 450 injured by these weapons... A Department of Justice study on the assault weapons ban found that it was responsible for a decrease in 6.7% in total firearm homicides, all factors being equal... The use of assault weapons in crime rejected by more than two-thirds approximately nine years after the gun ban went into effect Assault Weapons Act 1994” (“Summary of the Assault Weapons Ban – Assault Weapons – United States Senator Dianne Feinstein,” 2013, para. 7). These shocking statistics reveal that military-style assault weapons play a major role in increasing crime rates, which is why preventing… middle of paper… stricter gun regulations. It is reasonable to say that disarming civilians through stricter gun laws is the best method of reducing crime. As President Barack Obama said during the Obama-Romney debate on October 16, 2012, "We are a nation that believes in the Second Amendment, and I believe in the Second Amendment... My belief is that we must enforce the laws that we have yeah, they make sure we keep guns out of the hands of criminals, of those who are mentally ill. We've done a much better job in terms of background checks, but we still have a lot to do in terms of enforcement. But weapons designed for soldiers in theaters of war don't belong on our streets. Part of it is whether we can reintroduce the assault weapons ban. Part of it is about other sources of violence" ("Barack Obama on Gun Control," nd, par. 3).