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The Pros And Cons Of Gun Control Laws

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To begin with, if people want to get ahold of a gun and commit evil crimes with it, they can and will if it is their desire. Laws are not going to stop people from using guns unlawfully. Growing up, I did not live in a dangerous area, but I had cousins who did. I looked at a website, and it showed the following A site that I looked up gives this statistic, “a 1997 U.S. Department of Justice survey found that 8.4% of state prison inmates who used or possessed a firearm during the offense for which they were incarcerated obtained the gun from the illegal market” (Giffords). This shows that despite all of the laws protecting us from guns, the laws do not necessarily work. To back up my point more, author Dan Clark mentioned, that "The vast majority …show more content…

It would not keep people like Stephen Paddock (Las Vegas, NV, 2017) from getting a lot of guns, a lot of ammunition, and killing a lot of people.
It would not prevent people from killing people with other weapons, including trucks.
It would cost more money than the current system.
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Might reduce the incomes of gun manufacturers or guns dealers”(Caruthers). I mostly agree with the unknown statement that is also a huge possibility. Scaring away some of these gun dealers will make an impact.

Laws don’t apply to criminals. If gun control laws are meant to keep people from shooting each other, then it is a waste of time. Criminals are deemed as such because they break the law and are not afraid to do it. Criminals are the way they are because that is what they choose to do. Even if a criminal has a mental illness, they commit crimes because they want to do so. Lots of people have a mental illness, but very few of them commit the crimes. Until criminals choose to change, they will be criminals, and the rest of us make a huge mistake to ignore that simple fact. Therefore, gun control laws do not affect (most of) these

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If you recollect about it, this really should be an anticipated effect of gun control, though most people don 't remember far enough past the words "gun" and "control" to see it. When you do give up and recollect about it though, the criminals who are committing crimes at present are the ones still making this a relevant issue of discussion in the foremost position. They are the aces who are either getting access to certain weapons that are already illegal and/or the ones who are using legal weapons illegally. If it weren 't for them disregarding laws and causing these crime rates to fail up, gun control would not still be in

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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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Criminals don’t follow laws. Gun control laws are more oppressive on citizens than criminals, which is literally someone who has broken, or is breaking, a law. Why are some gun control laws and rulings so heavily pushed? Especially considering that the majority of these laws have very little actual basis aside from the “guns are scary and bad” train of thought. This is going to be going into why most of these laws, current, and proposed, make no sense such as the Magazine Capacity bans that some states are putting in place, the entirety of the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA), and the 1994 Assault Weapon Ban(AWB).

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In our society, there is a constant battle between political parties and ideologies on what to do regarding gun rights. The argument is whether to maintain the gun laws we have or pass further gun restrictions. I don’t know why this is hard for some people to understand. Criminals, by definition, are people who commit crimes. If criminals do not follow the laws we have now, they will disregard any further restrictions.

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Therefore the jails would consist of new comers and people who have been there for a very long time until filled to capacity. That would then cause another problem in the U.S. The crime could also be a misunderstanding and the person that’s put in jail for a longer period of time may have not actually commit the crime. So, there should be stricter gun control laws rather than stricter penalties. If there was a stricter limit to who guns are distributed to then the guns wouldn’t get into the wrong hands.

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The implementation of stricter gun laws will not terminate crime. Washington, D.C. has some of the strictest gun laws in the country, yet it is one of the most dangerous places in the country to live. Criminals that seek to harm others do not obey laws. Changing the laws of a country or the making of new ones does not get rid of the problem. Adding more rules and regulations could create larger problems that do not involve guns, but instead, other types of weapons.

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The idea that gun laws will stop rising violence in America is comparable to putting a bandage on an open wound. People are so naive to think a bandaid will stop the bleeding. Sure the bandaid slows it down, but over time the blood will bleed through the bandage. The only way to completely stop the wound from bleeding is to go deep into the wound and stitch it up, often something Americans avoid. (Semicolon rule 1)For the past few years, America has been through countless demonstrations of violence; our wound is getting deeper and deeper.

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Even if we make gun laws stricter, who says that it's gonna stop others from acquiring firearms? As a matter of fact, it would just make the situation in our country worse. This is because while criminals are willing to go to any lengths to achieve their goal of obtaining a weapon, what happens to innocent citizens? This plays into the factor of how the residents of our nation won’t have any way to stop the criminals that illegally acquire their guns. According to Alper, “An estimated 287,400 prisoners had possessed a firearm during their offense.

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Criminals do not get gun or weapons legally in the first place so adding extra gun laws will not prevent criminals from obtaining weapons. Gun laws prevent normal citizens from protect themselves and their families. When criminals obtain guns and weapons, they are not getting them from legal channels. The criminals steal them or buy them illegally on the streets. Sometimes people who

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The article, Testimony of Gayle S. Trotter, says, Anti-gun legislation keeps guns away from the mentally stable and law obedient, but it does not keep guns out of the hands of criminals. This is because regulation only affects the guns of the good citizens. Criminals will not be affected with the anti-gun taxes because criminals don 't listen to the law. More than 20,000 anti-gun laws are in effect throughout the United States. But these laws don 't do anything to help lower violent crimes.

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Guns were invented for the well being of society, unfortunately, some people are given guns that are not equipped to handle them properly, and the country is suffering because of it. Although enforcing new laws will benefit society today, years down the road, new laws will have to be issued for the safety and well-being of the United States of

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Gun control advocates, led by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, have been pushing for laws that would help target illegal gun trafficking: allowing states access to gun-trace data, requiring background checks at gun shows, and forcing gun owners to report lost or stolen weapons” (In Congress, the Uphill Battle for Gun Control par. 8) A lot of criminals buy their guns illegally, they often steal the guns or get them from black market purchases. This proves that those who don’t follow the law bypass from background checks and other laws. Gun control simply won’t work, even if the government took all guns away, ( how would the government even know if a criminal or someone who has an agenda to kill has a gun?)

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Advocates of gun control seem to focus more on law abiding citizens and families from owning a firearm, yet never mention the fact that criminals are the ones misusing firearms. Criminals are careless when it comes to breaking the law, but they will care if the victims can fight back. Perhaps guns are banned, will that deter criminals from obtaining them? ( Geer 2 ) No it will not hinder them.

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Gun laws simply penalize and restrict honest citizens while criminals continue to find ways and loopholes to arm themselves. Gun laws currently established serve their purpose rather poorly as criminals unceasingly buy guns even after they are said to be forbidden. History serves as a clear example of how guns protect the rights and liberties of individuals as it was private guns that aided colonists in fighting the British and gaining America’s

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However, doing this will not stop felons from procuring and committing gun-related crimes. For example, take a look at the United Kingdom. Once they banned guns, there was a large spike in murders, reaching as high as 1.97 homicides per 100,000 people. The murder rate then began to decline around 2003-2004 as a result of increased police force, but has only reached a number below the pre-ban’s 1.3 homicides per 100,000 people 1 time. This shows that while a ban may limit gun violence, perpetrators will find other ways to commit crimes, such as bombings and driving vehicles through crowds.

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