Gun control pros and cons have been discussed arguably for a long time now. They have been thoroughly studied in gun control debates. But since both the advocates and opponents of gun control stick to their opinions, the issue on gun control remains unresolved. Below I am listing a few important pros and cons to explain the subject and others opinions. Gun control facts reveal that the US population is only 5 percent of the population of the world. But the number of guns in possession of the US residents is 50 percent of the number of guns in the world. Gun death statistics for different countries were expressed as the number of gun deaths to a population of a million and these figures compared for different countries. This comparison showed the United States getting ranked below South Africa. This information also suggests that gun control pros and cons are overwhelmingly in favor of gun control. …show more content…
This may sound plausible on the face of it. But gun crime statistics show that uncontrolled gun ownership will lead to more gun crime and ultimately to anarchy. The objective of gun control is to prevent anarchy not gun ownership. Therefore this argument does not carry much weight.
Since gun ownership was a right sanctioned by the 2nd amendment, this right should not be restricted. This argument does not take into account the background of the people involved in creating this law. 99 percent of this amendment was based on the information provided by people with no college education, not to speak of legal education. Therefore, it is not reasonable to assert that the right given by this law cannot be made subject to some restrictions. In fact, any provision under any law can be modified, restricted or even removed by a subsequent