Gun control in the United States has always been a controversial and “trending topic”. The thoughts on it are always in the eye of the beholder and many doubt we will ever come to an agreement. Some will always say that we as a nation need to lessen the restrictions on gun control and allow the citizens to “fully use their second amendment right”. While others will say we need even stricter gun control laws and make it so only government officials can use and carry weapons in the United States. Though I believe gun control rules are a necessity, there are pros and cons to each side and its effect on the criminal justice system.
With guns being taken away from the citizens it will help the mass shootings and mass deaths caused by guns. That being said, the officers on patrol would have less fear about being shot. Which in return
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It is true taking guns away may lower mass shootings caused by guns, it may raise the use of other weapons in correlation. This is because there is no chance of ever stopping violence completely because people will always find a way. In addition to that the accidental deaths caused by police may go down, but as stated people most likely will use other weapons which will cause police to still fear for their lives and the surrounding citizens lives. The possibility of lower crime rates always gets the American people on board with something because everyone wants peace, but no one wants to give up things they like to achieve that. Citizens, unless it is a small close knit town, will never be a true whole. There will always be some type of boundaries between people. Such as wealth, education, occupation, race, etc. It is true that firearms would not be able to be stolen, but that does not stop the Black Market from selling them and gangs would continue to get their hands on them. Whenever the people who want to do harm have the will, they will find a way to cause