Pros And Cons Of Pro Gun Control

Pro Gun Control Many people nationwide feel that the more guns that are in society, the more dangerous our communities will be. In a poll executed in 2005, the results stated that fifty percent of the American public said they thought that armed judges would make courtrooms more dangerous. Likewise, the poll revealed that seventy-three percent of Americans think that schools will be more dangerous if officers on campus were armed (Alters, 2011). A large part of the public views guns as purely dangerous and should not be present in schools, courtrooms, or other public places. In 1995, a study showed that twelve percent of students were afraid to go to school because they were fearful of an attack (Alters, 2011). The fear of an attack causes students to be afraid to get their education, because hey are scared for their lives. Often times, it seems that people are afraid of the destruction these weapons can do when placed into the public. …show more content…
They envision a safer world where only military and law enforcement have access to firearms and that they be kept out of the access to the public. With less firearms in the hands of the public, there is less margin for error of those who are untrained and inexperienced with the weapon. The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act was passed in 1993, in an effort to decrease firearm-related deaths by mandating federal background checks on firearm purchases in the United States and placing a five day waiting period on transactions ("Gun Control", 2000). With more restrictions and fewer firearm handlers, there are less long-range, deadly weapons in circulation. This will greatly help the casualty rate of firearm deaths because there are simply less people with access to these