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The Pros And Cons Of Stricter Gun Control Laws

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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. Obviously stricter gun laws are not the answer, so what is? The answer to this is clear, further prosecute criminals who abuse or do not follow the current gun restrictions. Cal Thomas, an American columnist and authors, states the answer in his article and it is, “Downplayed in this national debate and in efforts by the Obama …show more content…

Many sources state that the percentage of guns used in crimes are obtained illegally is around the mid 90’s, According to gunfacts,info, this percentage is around 93%. I just can’t wrap my head around the fact that despite the definition and the facts, people still believe criminals follow the law. I forgot, as a liberal once told me, the facts don’t matter. I’ve read somewhere that 100% of all criminals haven’t followed the law at some point in their life. Criminals with intentions to break the law, are not going to follow the law to do so. It is common sense. Say we go down to the Castle, the Lancaster County Prison, and conduct a survey. For the survey we ask some, if not all, inmates if they follow the law. I’d be willing to bet that all of them will emit that the sole reason as to why they are there is because they didn’t follow the law at some point in their life. The point I am trying to make, is that criminals have not followed the law, that's why makes them criminals. If criminals followed the law, they wouldn’t be called criminals. Stricter gun laws are not the answer because criminals have not, do not, and will not follow the …show more content…

These experts include Hitler, Castro, Qaddafi, Stalin, Idi Amin, Mao Tse-tung, Pol Pot, and Kim-Jung II. The Second Amendment gives everyone the right to self preservation. The whole point of the Second Amendment is to give citizens the freedom to own guns. Adolf Hitler banned guns in order to subject a select group of German citizens, taking away their freedom. Hitler took his power for granted and took away the freedom of German citizens to own guns. If this doesn’t scream gun laws don’t work, I honestly don’t know what does. If we were to further examine these “experts,” or just the past in general, there will be a common trend of gun control

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stricter gun laws are not needed in the united states. One argument is , if guns were outlawed criminals would still find ways to arm themselves. Gun control laws won’t stop mass shootings. Most shootings are from criminals that want to kill people like gangs kill people because they don't give them the drugs.

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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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I don’t want more crime just because people have stricter gun laws. Taking away guns may cause people to go to other ways of committing violent crimes. I also think if we have don’t have more gun control laws, then gun deaths would reduce dramatically. American children under age 15 were nine times more likely to die of a gun accident than children in other advanced wealthy countries. About 200 Americans go to emergency rooms every day with gunshot wounds (Frum).

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Ultimately, critics of gun control claim that gun control goes against the constitution and won't stop criminals

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The Second Amendment is a frequently debated topic in today’s society. The Second Amendment states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The Second Amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791 when the Bill of Rights were passed. The Amendment was easily accepted because of the majority consensus that the government should not have the ability to take weapons away from people. In many countries, corrupt governments use armed soldiers and other arms to control and oppress people.

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“You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don't enforce them, people are going to find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It's not the law-abiding citizens, it's not the person who uses it as a hobby”(Michael Steel). Despite what Michael Steele says, gun control laws are necessary in the country. In shootings it is not just bad people who shoot others; it also the common people, who either have mental diseases or in the heat of the moment decided to fire the gun.

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Imagine a scenario where you went out with some friends late at night and were walking back home when all of a sudden from the shadows comes a mugger with an illegal gun. Normally, you'd be carrying a gun to protect yourself but because of recent laws passed by the government you no longer own a gun. But wait, isn't it illegal for a mugger to have a gun, so how come he has one and you don't? This is the issue gun rights supporters have with gun control supporters. If laws prohibiting guns are passed but criminals don't follow them while you do, you can't protect yourself.

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Everyone talks about gun control needing to be stricter and laws that need to be changed, but what are people going to change? Some say that guns should be taken away all together but does that really solve anything? Guns are so easily essaible it is unreal, yes one would have to do a "background" check but one doesn't even have to put down their social security number if they do not wish to do so. Not everyone that buys a gun is buying it to use it in a dangerous way. Most people buy a gun to protect their home and family or even just in case of an emergency.

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By that time criminals could have already committed their crime and left. A 1982 survey of male felons in eleven state prisons found that on average 34% of them had been scared off, shot at, wounded or captured by an armed victim, 40% said that they did not commit a crime because they knew or believed that the victim was carrying a gun, and around 70% of them knew someone else who fit into these statistics. A lot of people say that stopping crimes by using a firearm only happens in action movies, but in reality the number of crimes stopped a year according to the CDC is around six hundred thousand, and that is only the reported ones. The last and final argument that we can look at is the “gun show loophole” this is the idea that at

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First, we need to acknowledge that criminals do not get their guns through legal venues. Second, we need to understand that more gun laws will not affect criminals, but may help with other related deaths in this manner. Finally, we need to make sure that we are enforcing the gun laws that already exist, because continuing to make more laws that we will not enforce does nothing to decrease the amount of deaths due to gun related activity

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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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Proponents of more gun control laws believe that the Second Amendment was intended exclusively for militias, that gun restrictions have always existed, and that gun regulations would prevent criminals from possessing firearms. However, Opponents claim that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to own guns, that guns are needed for self-defense, and that gun ownership helps to dissuade crime. Because of this obvious difference, proponents of stricter firearm regulation demand more laws to help prevent mass shooting, and want reform in the area of background checks. Meanwhile, opponents of gun laws often accuse the proponents of manipulating a mass tragedy in order to further strengthen their fight. Gun ownership has been a tradition within the united states since before the country itself was formed.

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Take smuggling and trafficking crimes, while the people who endorse withdrawing specific firearms and ammunation from a legal market have good intentions, doing so is counter productive as it promotes a stronger illegal firearm market, contributes to more smuggling, and enables black market expansion. Criminals do not look up gun laws before they decide they want to purchase a firearm through the black market, more legislation would only be ignored by

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“Guns don't kill people, People kill people.” The gun control law has been a topic that has been going on for a while due to many reasons, however these laws will not change anything as they will actually make them worse: as these may remove guns from the picture of buying guns it will not stop the gun violence or have very minor effect on it at all, and if they are passed the people that are only trying to have self defense will be unable to defend themselves from the people that aim to hurt them with their own illegal guns or physical weapons. While guns can be dangerous and used for violent means, the fact is that gun laws should remain the same because they are a act for self defense. The truth is guns are used by people to kill others: and almost 50,000 people died last year due to gun violence and because of that reason many countries have passed gun control laws and have had a decrease in gun violence; however even without the laws the gun

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But you have to realize that people who are criminals don’t usually get guns the legal way so having increased or greater gun control laws do not relate to them. The things that would hinder them is being caught with an illegal gun which would relate to lenghter or harsher

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