Gun Ban Bad

Gun Ban: Overall Good for Everyone Involved
There are many people who believe in their right to carry guns. They believe that their constitutional rights protect gun ownership. Most persons see guns as a mean of defense and protection against injustice. However, while it may be true that guns can be used for self defense, they are not a good option. Guns have many important drawbacks to note, such as their social and psychological degradation, environmental damages, and inefficiency in carrying out injustice. Because of these major drawbacks and dangers, gun ownership ought to be restricted to law enforcement agencies.
A gun ban has psychological and social benefits. What this means is that when the government bans guns, violence will decrease.
These youth often participate in highrisk behaviors such as alcohol or drug abuse, promiscuous sex, or association with dangerous people (7677).
As seen, exposure to gun violence in any form is extremely harmful. If guns create cultural violence, and these psychological effects are occurring in young people exposed to violence, then guns are causing these negative adaptations in youth. Bradshaw continues, informing us that exposure to gun violence normalizes violence, and can limit relationships (77). This occurs even when the children aren’t victims or perpetrators. Mere exposure to gun violence, in any form, whether it be movies, videogames, etc., causes extremely dangerous behavior in youth. In addition to the harms against youth, the mere presence of a gun can increase aggressiveness. In
1967, Leonard Berkowitz and Anthony LePage conducted an experiment. In the experiment, participants were angered by a person placed to appear as another participant. Later, the participant and the man who had angered him or her were seated at a table, and the participant had to choose to administer a level of shock to the man. However, there was a small twist.
This was called the Weapons Effect (Bushman). As this study shows, the mere presence of a weapon increases aggression. The impacts of this are major, and frightening. By banning guns, we reduce the presence of weapons on the streets, and this will reduce aggressiveness among the general populace. In addition to the mental and social benefits, a gun ban has immediate environmental benefits, as well as long term economic benefits. In other words, banning guns will help the world environment, and reduce death and extinction rates. Additionally, while there may be short term economic drawback, these will be counteracted in the long run.
Banning guns will save the environment. One of the largest gun manufacturing companies, Smith and Wesson, released a report on the chemicals released by their gun production. Pamela Bump, a writer for The Equinox, states,
When it comes to chemical releases, in 2010 Smith and Wesson . . . released and transferred a total of 31,516 pounds of nitrate compounds and 22,920 pounds of sodium nitrite . . . , 100 pounds of toxic chemicals were released in 2011 while being transferred to