Pros And Cons Of Gun Control
Gun Control
By: Emma Beery
Gun control can be looked at from many different viewpoints from many different people. Some people believe that all crime will be stopped while others think it will only increase. Guns should not be banned in the U.S because banning them will not make the killers stop, good people need to help, and making guns illegal will just lead to people disobeying the law.
Before addressing the viewpoints and the positive and negative effects, understanding what gun control is should be the first step. According to Dictionary.com, Gun Control is, "An effort to fight violent crime by strengthening laws on the ownership of firearms.” Guns are more likely to result in a death, than a knife or other weapons and people own them for the protection of items, hunting, or other reasons (Zimring). While it may be an effort to stop murders and injuries, it will not stop people from …show more content…
As stated in"9 Principal Pros and Cons of Gun Control”, gun control can lead to lowering the amount of gun related deaths, the guns are rarely used for self-defense. The majority of mass murderers use legal weapons, and it can lead to fewer suicides. Although taking away gun control might not stop criminals, it could stop other things from happening. Many suicides are committed by a firearm, and taking them away could lessen the chance of people attempting, or they would use other means to attempt. Gun control can lower suicide rates, according to aspf.org, 50% of all suicides are committed with guns. Teens can have easy access to guns because of parents and other adults. If guns were abolished, then they would be less likely to succeed in suicide and may not attempt. Although gun control might be able to lower the suicide rates, it wouldn't be lowering the amount of purposeful gun related deaths, as a whole. Criminals will still commit the crimes and they will still break the law to kill
By: Emma Beery
Gun control can be looked at from many different viewpoints from many different people. Some people believe that all crime will be stopped while others think it will only increase. Guns should not be banned in the U.S because banning them will not make the killers stop, good people need to help, and making guns illegal will just lead to people disobeying the law.
Before addressing the viewpoints and the positive and negative effects, understanding what gun control is should be the first step. According to Dictionary.com, Gun Control is, "An effort to fight violent crime by strengthening laws on the ownership of firearms.” Guns are more likely to result in a death, than a knife or other weapons and people own them for the protection of items, hunting, or other reasons (Zimring). While it may be an effort to stop murders and injuries, it will not stop people from …show more content…
As stated in"9 Principal Pros and Cons of Gun Control”, gun control can lead to lowering the amount of gun related deaths, the guns are rarely used for self-defense. The majority of mass murderers use legal weapons, and it can lead to fewer suicides. Although taking away gun control might not stop criminals, it could stop other things from happening. Many suicides are committed by a firearm, and taking them away could lessen the chance of people attempting, or they would use other means to attempt. Gun control can lower suicide rates, according to aspf.org, 50% of all suicides are committed with guns. Teens can have easy access to guns because of parents and other adults. If guns were abolished, then they would be less likely to succeed in suicide and may not attempt. Although gun control might be able to lower the suicide rates, it wouldn't be lowering the amount of purposeful gun related deaths, as a whole. Criminals will still commit the crimes and they will still break the law to kill