“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” (Google.com). This is the Second Amendment, which has captured a lot of people 's attention. This is because of the argument over whether there should be stricter gun control laws to protect civilians, or if there should be less. The argument for more gun restrictions say that if less people are able to get guns, or if it is harder to obtain them, then there will be less mass shootings. The argument for less control is that if more people have concealed weapons then they can stop shootings from getting worse, and will deter criminals because of the higher percentage of retaliation there will be.
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One of these arguments is that there are lower gun homicide rates in states without stand your ground laws. It is shown that states without the stand your ground laws, there was a 1.52 (per 100,000) lower gun homicide rate than in states with them. Another thing is that people think that by having more background checks then that will reduce the amount of guns that make it to criminals. In reality, criminals will find a way, and already do. About 40% of gun sales are made by unlicensed sellers (nationaljournal.com), so if someone is unable to get a gun, all they have to do is go to one of these people to get one. On the pro control side, people say that if there are more restrictions then there will be a lower rate of gun homicides, this is not the case in many of the places where there is more gun control. When the U.K. enacted a handgun ban, their gun homicide rates rose from 10.9 (per million) to 18. Ireland also banned guns in 1972, before the ban their gun homicide rate was between 0.1 and 0.6 (per 100,000). After the ban the rate rose to 1.6 (mintpressnews.com). This shows that more gun restrictions does not, in fact, reduce gun homicide rates. To go with this, places that have lower gun ownership rates actually have higher murder rates. The 9 European nations with the lowest gun ownership rates have murder rates that are 9 times higher than the nations with the highest gun ownership rates (theacru.com). This shows the side of the pro gun argument, showing that with more guns there are less gun related deaths. This is also enforced in the fact that the U.K. has a higher gunn murder rate than the U.S., despite having more gun control. The U.K. has 2,034 violent crimes per 100,000 and the U.S. only has around 466 violent crimes per 100,000 (infowars.com). An argument for more regulations is to stop the “gun show
One of these arguments is that there are lower gun homicide rates in states without stand your ground laws. It is shown that states without the stand your ground laws, there was a 1.52 (per 100,000) lower gun homicide rate than in states with them. Another thing is that people think that by having more background checks then that will reduce the amount of guns that make it to criminals. In reality, criminals will find a way, and already do. About 40% of gun sales are made by unlicensed sellers (nationaljournal.com), so if someone is unable to get a gun, all they have to do is go to one of these people to get one. On the pro control side, people say that if there are more restrictions then there will be a lower rate of gun homicides, this is not the case in many of the places where there is more gun control. When the U.K. enacted a handgun ban, their gun homicide rates rose from 10.9 (per million) to 18. Ireland also banned guns in 1972, before the ban their gun homicide rate was between 0.1 and 0.6 (per 100,000). After the ban the rate rose to 1.6 (mintpressnews.com). This shows that more gun restrictions does not, in fact, reduce gun homicide rates. To go with this, places that have lower gun ownership rates actually have higher murder rates. The 9 European nations with the lowest gun ownership rates have murder rates that are 9 times higher than the nations with the highest gun ownership rates (theacru.com). This shows the side of the pro gun argument, showing that with more guns there are less gun related deaths. This is also enforced in the fact that the U.K. has a higher gunn murder rate than the U.S., despite having more gun control. The U.K. has 2,034 violent crimes per 100,000 and the U.S. only has around 466 violent crimes per 100,000 (infowars.com). An argument for more regulations is to stop the “gun show