Concealed Weapons Should Be Illegal

One of the most controversial topics of today’s time is gun control. There have been many shootings since gun laws have changed. Gun control laws restrict the possession and use of firearms. Since 1993, the rate of crimes committed with a gun has decreased up until 2013, and then the numbers went back up. There was a time where carrying a concealed weapon made communities safer, but today, communities are not safer just because people are allowed to carry a concealed weapon. I’ll be using primary data to find the reasons why laws allowing citizens to carry a concealed weapon does not make communities safer.
When I am in a public place and I see someone carrying a concealed weapon, I don’t feel safer than if they didn’t have one. I actually …show more content…
There are many times a weapon gets into the hands of the wrong person and many people suffer from it, young and old. People mostly focus on how many people died throughout the year(s) and not by how many lives were saved, homes were protected, and how many people that were involved in a scene did not get injured. The number also does not count how many burglars and intruders got scared from privately owned guns. There are contradicting views on this topic. Some feel their lives have been saved because they were able to carry a concealed weapon and others say innocent lives were lost because of the firearm regulations.
In 1986, there were only a few states that had a shall-issue law. Now, in 2016, there are no states that have a no issue law, eight may issue, thirty-three shall-issue, and nine unrestricted. Unrestricted means there is no restriction on who can carry a concealed weapon. Shall-issue means there are more individuals permitted to carry a concealed weapon. My-issue means the person has to show a reason why they want or need to carry a concealed weapon. No issue means exactly that, nobody is permitted to carry a concealed weapon.
When there is a shooting, there are many different guns