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The Pros And Cons Of Gun Control

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“It’s not a gun control problem, it’s a cultural problem.”(Bob Barr). Gun related accidents are not necessarily caused by the guns themselves but by the people that use them irresponsibly. There are background checks to prevent guns from getting into the wrong hands, but they have proven ineffective. If a background check does stop a criminal or an irresponsible gun owner from getting a gun, they can easily purchase one illegally, which gun control cannot prevent. Guns are also used by many for self defense. Furthermore, gun control cannot prevent gun related accidents.
First and foremost, guns are safe if they are used correctly and responsibly but are made dangerous if the wrong people get them, and it is easy for this to happen when it is so easy to purchase them illegally. One place where illegal purchases are made regularly are gun shows. These shows allow unlicensed buyers and sellers to meet. In some cases a person may not even know that they are purchasing a gun illegally. This is because most of the guns purchased illegally in the United States were created by actual gun manufacturers who then sold them to gun dealers. There are also many cases where guns are stolen in large amounts from gun dealers who most likely do not have adequate security to protect firearms in their protection. …show more content…

The NRA executive vice president suggested “The background check system is failing because people who do not pass are not getting punished for trying to get a gun.” New gun laws should not be put into place until the current laws, such as background checks, are enforced to their full capabilities. Also, most criminals won’t even submit background checks, they get most of their guns off a black market. Considering this, background checks are really just making it harder for law abiding citizens to purchase

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Background checks deems to be very important especially today with criminals having access to guns as much as they do. Back to the Brady Bill passed in 1993, which is not an attempt to disarm the people or take away our rights, just a bill passed to place criminal background checks in order to prevent dangerous people from obtaining weapons. If you go to a firearms retailer to purchase a weapon, the licensed seller enters your name in the NICS system, National Instant Criminal Background Check System. This checks to see if the possible buyer is eligible to purchase a firearm. The NICS searches for any criminal records a person may have, history of mental illnesses, any type of drug abuse or violent behavior.

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It says in the constitution itself. If someone wishes to get a gun, they can get a gun. Prohibiting them or placing stricter laws will be of no benefit. While conducting background checks on individuals who wish to purchase a gun does have some rationale to it, it could make any law abiding American look like an unstable psycho for committing a simple act with no mal intent. For example, say a friend

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In many cases of gun violence, the shooter had a history of mental illness or a criminal record that should have prevented them from obtaining a firearm. By requiring more thorough background checks, the likelihood of someone with a history of violence or mental illness obtaining a firearm would be reduced. Con: Second Amendment Rights The primary argument against stricter gun control laws is that they infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of Americans.

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"NRA argues that most criminals don’t get their guns from stores, but on a black market. ' My problem with background checks is, youre never going to get criminals to go through universal background checks,' the NRAs LaPierre said at the February hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee. "Gun shows are not a source of crime guns, anyway. Its 1.7 percent". Some of the criminals get their guns from family members.

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Strict regulations and limitations have been pursued already and clearly do not suffice. Statics brought to attention by gun control opponents, show that gun control laws have done little to reduce crime rates. Several restrictions have been made on certain guns, considered as overly dangerous, though in the hands of an unstable criminal even a legal hunting gun can be deadly. Countless restrictions have been made, however people have still found ways around them. If people are unstable and determined enough, they will find a gun, regardless of the restrictions or regulations.

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Since 1994, background checks have stopped 2.4 million illegal purchases of many types of guns (Beckett, Just One in Five...). Why do people oppose the idea to block even more with universal background checks? Unfortunately, the current system does not cover private transactions. This means that a person, possibly with mental illness, a criminal record, or an abusive background could buy a gun in a parking lot, gun show or from an online seller without the seller verifying the safety of the buyer. This is how many dangerous people get their hands on guns that can cause severe damage.

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Certain people that are not allowed to buy guns in shops can still purchase them from private sellers or gun shows, where background checks are not actually required (Nakaya 10). Which is why criminals are still able to purchase guns, since they know of places where background checks are not required. In addition to that, anyone can sell their gun to another person without a license to sell or without completing a background check (Gun Control 109). Even though some places do require background checks there are still many flaws that can happen such as mental illness and certain criminal felonies. A flaw in the background checking system is what allowed Dylann Roof to purchase a gun then shoot people in a bible study at church.

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I understand that if everybody had a firearm it would raise the murder rate tremendously, but one must admit  should be a little harder to get a gun, just cause you don’t have a criminal background does not mean you are not capable of doing the same actions a criminal. The gun control law should be made to where if you wanted  to purchase a firearm, that you

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According to the ATF, there are approximately 55,000 licensed gun dealers in the US plus 8,000 pawn shops with licenses to sell them. With so many stores to sell these guns, it makes it almost impossible to control them each. Who knows how many of these stores lets anyone get away with a gun without a license or background checks. This goes into the idea that these shop owners should also go through a background check and license renewal every year or so, to guarantee genuineness. Not only is it the type of situation which can’t be cured entirely, it can be slowed down, which is why we need better precautions for people buying these

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The notion that background checks will prevent criminals and mentally ill people from obtaining firearms is false. These checks are ineffective at discouraging those who intend to use guns to commit 3 crimes. For example, an individual with no criminal background who intends to purchase a gun for a crime. A background check is unlikely to prevent them because that person has never shown any signs of misusing a firearm. Next, a person with severe mental health problems who has never received treatment goes to buy a firearm.

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