The dilemma here is that gun control in Arkansas is very lax. No licensing, registration or permits are required for owning or carrying rifles and shotguns. No permit, licensing or registration for handguns, but a permit is required to carry one.

So where's all the brave, gun-toting, crime-fighting citizens in this town? Should they do away with permits to carry pistols as well?

Would it be worse here if the statutes were changed and guns made more difficult to obtain? I don't think so.

A large part of this crime problem is due to the continued war on drugs, which creates more criminals.