Why Is Gun Control Ineffective

Gun control laws are largely ineffective. There is no evidence that gun control in the United States has any positive effect. On the contrary, it is correlated with increased homicides. These laws only affect law-abiding citizens and further restrict their access to a legitimate sport and hobby. Gun control laws address the wrong guns, the wrong people, and are being passed as means of slowly pushing Americans down a slippery slope that is difficult to reverse. The most popularly used pro-gun control argument claims that guns are intended to kill. All modern guns are intended in every way for sporting and defense. In most cases, these are separate. For example, the assault rifle is a sporting rifle, while the subcompact handgun is for defense,

but there is no reason they cannot be one in the same, such as the short-barreled rifle.
Another common argument claims that gun control works in other countries. The U.S. is in a unique situation for a couple of reasons. First, our ability to own guns is not a privilege like it is in most other countries, but it is a right guaranteed to us by our Constitution. When our country was founded, the second amendment was not mistakenly included. It was deliberately written so with the purpose of being equally protected as the first amendment or any other amendment. It was not put in there just to protect our right to hunt. Another uniquely American issue to consider is that we have almost as many guns as we do people, and most people do not want to surrender their guns. These guns would remain in circulation long after any form of ban and would only be accessible on the black market.
Some proponents of gun control advocate for background checks, and I like the current system of background checks. A Form 4473 is kept on file for 20 years, and if a gun is found at the scene of a crime, it can be traced back to whoever originally completed the background check. Proponents may also claim that there is no slippery slope. The slippery slope is a logical fallacy, and when applied to gun control, it is a very real threat.