The subject of gun control is one of much dispute. Some believe that guns should be more regulated to prevent crimes, while others believe that the laws should not change at all, or that there should be less gun laws. Adding more gun control laws would be too much for the good, honest people to be able to acquire permits. Gun laws should stay as they are; no less or more. They already keep guns legally out of unsafe people’s hands, while good, honest people are still able to access guns.
In 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified. The Second Amendment, written by James Madison, states, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed” (“The Second Amendment”). The Second amendment was created to protect against criminal and any foreign or domestic threat. …show more content…
Statistics prove these advocates wrong. Houston, Texas has very little gun laws, yet in 2012, there were only 217 murders (“The Second Amendment”). When the city of Kennesaw, Georgia passed the law requiring every home to have a gun present, the crime rate actually dropped more than about 50% over a span of 23 years. They also had an 89% drop in the number of burglaries. Harvard Journal of Law did a study that showed nations that have more guns tend to have less crime (Snyder). While gun ownership went up five times as much, crime rates were cut by 76% in the past seventy years. An award winning expert on crime who teaches as a professor at Florida State University did a study that showed firearms are used 2.5 million times a year for protection. The study also showed that guns are used for this reason 3.5 times more than they’re used for criminal purposes. The gun was mostly just used to scare the criminal and was rarely actually fired (“The Second
In 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified. The Second Amendment, written by James Madison, states, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed” (“The Second Amendment”). The Second amendment was created to protect against criminal and any foreign or domestic threat. …show more content…
Statistics prove these advocates wrong. Houston, Texas has very little gun laws, yet in 2012, there were only 217 murders (“The Second Amendment”). When the city of Kennesaw, Georgia passed the law requiring every home to have a gun present, the crime rate actually dropped more than about 50% over a span of 23 years. They also had an 89% drop in the number of burglaries. Harvard Journal of Law did a study that showed nations that have more guns tend to have less crime (Snyder). While gun ownership went up five times as much, crime rates were cut by 76% in the past seventy years. An award winning expert on crime who teaches as a professor at Florida State University did a study that showed firearms are used 2.5 million times a year for protection. The study also showed that guns are used for this reason 3.5 times more than they’re used for criminal purposes. The gun was mostly just used to scare the criminal and was rarely actually fired (“The Second