Gun laws do not solve the problem and therefore tend to fail. The problem is gun misuse, not gun ownership. Criminals will not obey gun laws if they do not even follow other laws already established. The only people affected by gun laws are peaceful, law-abiding citizens who never abuse their gun rights (Wright 12). In general, gun control advocates seem to reflect the mood of the American public (Bijlefeld 2). Congressman Jack R. Kingston of Georgia wants these people to take a hard look at Jamaica in 1974. In 1974, Jamaica enacted very strict gun control laws, which included random house-to-house searches, mandatory life sentences for possession of a single bullet. , very strict gun control laws. In six months, violent crime has decreased significantly. After a year, it returned to the level before the gun control laws, and it has been increasing ever since (Bijlefeld