text: why are conservatives opposed to gun control? i'm a conservative myself, but it bewilders me whenever i see some country-fried lunkhead complaining about government regulation on gun ownership, when it's been proven that gun control decreases gun-related crime.  i mean, assault weapons?  these people think we should be able to own assault weapons?!  i just don't get it.  can someone explain? gun control had never worked.  please provide a link so that your "proof" can be seen.  assault weapons have been illegal to own since 1968 (unless you get a special class iii license from the b.a.t.f.) so i don't understand your problem there.  you need to read the book by john lott .  "more muns, less crime".  also,  the fbi recently did a study that shows that from 1991 to 2005, americans have bought 70,000,000 guns, yet crime, since '91 has decreased by 38%.  i can't find this study on-line, i read about it in a magazine.  concealed carry works also.  florida's 2005 murder rate was 58% lower than in 1986, which was the year before florida adopted (wisely) right to carry laws.  there are already many laws  to keep the wrong people from buying firearms.  the problem is that for some reason, criminals will not obey the law!!  they keep acquiring guns illegally.  so more laws are obviously not the answer.  laws only affect the law abiding.  and by the way, i am not a conservative.  but, i believe that since guns do not kill, people do, then people should take the responsibility and the punishment, not guns.