The Pros And Cons Of Gun Control
Gun violence in the United States happens annually which results in thousands of injuries and deaths. In 2013 the Center for Disease Control and Prevention calculated that more than 33,000 people have died due to firearms that year. Therefore, gun control would be a great addition to the United States to keep people safe. If you don’t know what gun control is, gun control is a set of laws or policies that state that civilians can not have possession or have use of any firearm. Gun control laws are effective and they are necessary because the toll for deaths and or injuries due to firearms will decrease.
According to “The New York Times” article by Richard Perez Pena, the main idea about the article is the shooting that happened in Roseburg, …show more content…
So the cons would be a disadvantage for it. A con for having gun control is that it would not prevent criminals from obtaining guns and or breaking the law. According to the article Gun-control.procon, John R. Lott, Jr. states "The problem with such [gun control] laws is that they take away guns from law-abiding citizens, while would-be criminals ignore them." This statement means that law enforcements take away guns from people/citizens that a registered to have a gun but i guess they let the criminals keep their firearms so they can commit crimes, maybe the law enforcements don’t know that they are criminals. From the same, same passage they talk about Chicago and there problems. It states “Despite Chicago's ban on gun shops, shooting ranges, assault weapons, and high capacity magazines, in 2014 Chicago had 2,089 shooting victims including at least 390 murders. Approximately 50,000 guns were recovered by police in Chicago between 2001 and Mar. 2012. The guns came from all 50 states, and more than half came from outside of Illinois.” This is horrible because kids are involved and they live in the areas where they end up having a shoot
According to “The New York Times” article by Richard Perez Pena, the main idea about the article is the shooting that happened in Roseburg, …show more content…
So the cons would be a disadvantage for it. A con for having gun control is that it would not prevent criminals from obtaining guns and or breaking the law. According to the article Gun-control.procon, John R. Lott, Jr. states "The problem with such [gun control] laws is that they take away guns from law-abiding citizens, while would-be criminals ignore them." This statement means that law enforcements take away guns from people/citizens that a registered to have a gun but i guess they let the criminals keep their firearms so they can commit crimes, maybe the law enforcements don’t know that they are criminals. From the same, same passage they talk about Chicago and there problems. It states “Despite Chicago's ban on gun shops, shooting ranges, assault weapons, and high capacity magazines, in 2014 Chicago had 2,089 shooting victims including at least 390 murders. Approximately 50,000 guns were recovered by police in Chicago between 2001 and Mar. 2012. The guns came from all 50 states, and more than half came from outside of Illinois.” This is horrible because kids are involved and they live in the areas where they end up having a shoot