Pros And Cons Of Gun Control Laws

Gun control laws interfere with the right to have a gun and smudge the people’s feelings and rights of safety. According the the NRA guns are used for self defense around 2.5 million times a year. Many people surveyed have stated, “the police can’t be everywhere every minute of the day to protect us from the dangers”(ProConorg Headlines). 61% of the men surveyed by the Pew Research foundation have concluded that harsher gun laws would make it very hard and difficult to protect their families and homes. 57% of the women surveyed said the exact same thing as the men said. The U.S. constitution in 37 states protects it rights to bear and use arms. The guns that are possessed by owners are used hugely for self defense. The Vice President

Certain rifles such as high powered rifles and semi automatic shotguns are used for hunting and sport but are classified by people as “dangerous weapons” or “assault weapons and rifles.” The whole entire term “assault rifle” was coined up by an anti-gun legislation group to scare voters and to make them believe that guns came from out of a horror film or something unimaginable(ProConorg Headlines). Bottom line of it the so called “assault rifles” contain cartridges no bigger than a standard gun used for trapping or deer hunting. One of the many rifles such as the Colt AR-15 is a gun that is classified as a dangerous assault weapon is a gun that is used for shooting for fun or sport. Another gun that’s coinedup to be a “dangerous firearm” is the Springfield M1A which is labeled as another “assault weapon.” These two guns are the most widely used guns all over the world for sport and fun shooting(Gun Control – Just Facts). The Pew researchers survey conducted came up with 32% of people who owned guns used them for hunting and 7% of the people had them for sport and fun. The rest of the people didn’t own a gun or refused to be surveyed(ProConorg