Pros And Cons Of Stricter Gun Control Laws

When we look at gun-related events, such as a school shooting, or a massacre, our first knee-jerk reaction is to immediately blame guns for the crime. Stricter laws will surely stop those law-breaking criminals, right? As if the time of the writing of the article from procon.org, 49 out of the 62 mass shootings were done with legal guns. At least, that's one less crime committed, right? Would leaving ourselves defenseless while criminals acquire guns illegally instead be a better method protection? My partner and I believe that stricter gun control laws should not be passed, due to the fact that the Constitution protects the right to own guns, criminals who commit crimes with guns would likely not mind breaking another law to acquire said gun,
Having stricter gun laws isn't going to make these people suddenly change their tune. If someone had the intent of killing someone, why would they be afraid of something that could be trivial in comparison, such as illegally purchasing a gun? If more people had the means to combat these criminals, this problem would be almost non-existent. Often, when murdering someone, a criminal would most likely want to live afterwards. The mere thought of having everyone shoot you once your gun has been sighted is a better deterrent than another law to be
Whether or not you find this to be a bad thing is a completely different debate. If the government had the ability to have that much more control over us than they had previously, quality of life would surely decline for the average American. While I'm not suggesting that any sort of "rebellion" should occur at any point in the future, I still believe that flipping on our backs to be the government's doormat is quite a terrible idea, since they're also humans with their own ulterior motives, despite what they've stated