Granted that this country is not by any means perfect, we indubitably don’t need gun control to make it worse. Unfortunately, most people are blinded by the media and led to believe that eliminating guns will significantly reduce violence and murders. However, this is not the case. It is crucial for people to understand that gun control will actually make matters worse, guns are not the problem, and the right to bear arms should be encouraged and enforced.
Primarily, we must first look at the result of gun control from a few other countries including Great Britain, Ireland, and Jamaica. Statistics show that after these countries banned guns, their murder rates greatly increased. Crime didn’t even stay where it was before the ban. Instead, it got far worse. Criminals see the gun ban as an opportunity to commit crime and murder and get away with it. If a murderer is already going to break the law by committing murder, why should he obey the gun ban? After all, who’s going to stop him if nobody else has a gun? The United States needs to see these examples from other countries and realize that the blunder has already been made. So why make it again? …show more content…
People kill people. Murder and crime are inevitable. It happens with or without guns. Even if guns could actually be banned from everyone, murder would still exist. It doesn’t take a gun to commit a crime; it takes a desperate person. However, if you want to see crime rates go down, have non-felons open carry handguns in public places. Who’s going to rob a bank when several other people in the bank have firearms at their
Primarily, we must first look at the result of gun control from a few other countries including Great Britain, Ireland, and Jamaica. Statistics show that after these countries banned guns, their murder rates greatly increased. Crime didn’t even stay where it was before the ban. Instead, it got far worse. Criminals see the gun ban as an opportunity to commit crime and murder and get away with it. If a murderer is already going to break the law by committing murder, why should he obey the gun ban? After all, who’s going to stop him if nobody else has a gun? The United States needs to see these examples from other countries and realize that the blunder has already been made. So why make it again? …show more content…
People kill people. Murder and crime are inevitable. It happens with or without guns. Even if guns could actually be banned from everyone, murder would still exist. It doesn’t take a gun to commit a crime; it takes a desperate person. However, if you want to see crime rates go down, have non-felons open carry handguns in public places. Who’s going to rob a bank when several other people in the bank have firearms at their