The Pros And Cons Of Gun Control

The essence of safety is what one strives for, with the ever-reoccurring gun attacks society will find any means necessary in order to take one step closer to this feeling. Many say that guns should be banned entirely, while others argue that is not the gun that kills people but the one who has it in hand. While it may be guns, mental health, or the people everyone has their own opinion on the subject. While there is no in between for those who support it or for those against it there may come a day where everyone can finally agree. In this paper, each question will be answered; from the start of gun control to the laws in place today staying informed on this matter may help those understand what gun control really means. Early Americans

In 1927 the U.S. Congress made the registration of concealed weaponry a law, in 1934 the manufacturing, possession, and sale of automatic rifles were regulated. Continuing in 1938 the Federal Firearms Act was enacted and it set its beginning limitations on ordinary firearms by regulating who owned any type of said weapon. Fast forward to the 1990’s this is when a major change in gun control took place. Background checks were introduced. Although at first, only with handguns society could see what an impact this had in crime rate. It had seemed like the push of gun control in America had been rising and rising but along the way, a small change was seen that impacted those who were toward gun control. First one must understand that nowadays many states bring different restrictions in order to take a step toward safety. In “The Long Road to Gun Control in America” Devi Sharmila shows that without a helping hand these efforts will have been for naught. The CDC tried to make efforts toward a stricter gun regulatory system in the 1990’s but to no avail. They would have continued to do research but Congress decided to cut their funds equal to the amount of time spent researching gun violence. By taking this into account one can see why other federal organizations would be wary to act towards gun safety. Now that shootings are becoming prevalent around the world

While politicians may pass laws, restrictions, and regulations it is impossible to make the murderously insane sane. Domenech continues on by saying that while legal ramifications arise those who are “determined, irrational, and insane” may motivate them to react in an alluringly irrational way. Sandy Hook is an example of someone who took action even though there was no reason. Adam Lanza an honor student killed his mother, stole four of her guns, and then continued by going to an elementary school killing 20 children. No law or boundary could have stopped Adam Lanza from doing what he did. A seemingly normal individual for no reason murdered innocent lives. Still, society cries out that something must be done. Domenech argues “And despite the media's nearly unanimous calls for further restriction, polls indicate that the American people are still greatly skeptical about whether limiting gun use or rolling back the Second Amendment would in any way prevent such calamities, and they suspect that such restrictions will instead leave American citizens less capable of defending themselves” (25) Historically speaking violent crimes and mass shootings alike are at an all-time low. Since the 1960’s homicidal rates have dropped drastically.