The Benefits Of Gun Control

A family is sitting together on the couch watching their favorite TV show. Suddenly, the father turns to the news channel. A shooting at a local bank has killed fifteen people so far. Many are still being held hostage. Gun control should be more regulated because people abuse the privilege, everyone would be safer, and violence would decrease.

Many people argue that gun control laws do not have to be more regulated but people abuse the privilege more than one may think. According to Josh Sager, “The second amendment guarantees the right to bear arms. Gun enthusiasts love to cite the second amendment as the catch-all defense to their rights to carry any weapon that they can get their hands on. These gun owners have hopelessly perverted the

original intent of the second amendment.” People have expanded the amendment in the right to “keep and bear arms.” The intention of the second amendment is to protect us from armies or militias attacking us at night. The United States is one of the most powerful nations. No army is going to come attack us in the middle of night. “No other developed country on Earth has as lax gun laws as the United States. The easy access to weapons and the ineffective methods of tracking weapons to make sure that they do not fall into the wrong hands, facilitate violence, and unstable people.” These days it is not hard to find a gun and get a hold of it. People sell them to minors or others with bad criminal records. So no one really knows what those people will do with them.

If gun control laws are enhanced, everyone would be safer.

“According to FBI statistics, 46, 313 Americans were murdered during the time period of 2007 to 2011. This translates to an average of 9,263 murders per year.” There was about one murder every hour. These murders involved guns. If gun control laws are enhanced then everyone would be safer. There would be less crime and no one would have to be as concerned. That would be a huge benefit to us all. According to JustFacts, “12% of Americans will be the victims of a complete violent crime in the course of their lives. 83% of Americans will be the victim of an attempted or completed crime. 52% of Americans will be the victim of an attempted or completed crime more than once.” Obviously many Americans have been involved in a violent gun act. Many probably live in fear. Maybe someone suffers from trauma after an incident like this happened. People who commit these crimes do not even stay in prison for that long. Thus, this makes the United States a scarier

place.

Violence would decrease drastically if gun control laws were enhanced.

According to a ABC news report, “Murder rates remain same in tough gun law states” was the headline. “The National Rifle Association claimed the research of this had no effect on crime.” But there are other articles that say that crime rates have gone down since gun laws were more regulated in certain states. Perhaps people just did not obey it in a certain state. Maybe it was harder to control. “A new study finds that murder rates did not drop any faster when states had stricter gun laws.” Most American now support more gun control laws. The laws could not have been strict enough there. There are many reasons why it could not have worked.

There are many reasons why there should be more control laws. Gun control is an increasing issue in the United States. Everyday more and more people are becoming victims. If gun control stays the same, it is likely to get worse. We need stricter laws if everyone is to be more

safe.