Argumentative Essay: Firing At Gun Control

Firing at Gun Control The 2nd Amendment of the constitution protects the right to bear arms for purposes that include self-defense. But so far over the years, that right has been under attack by our own government. Is seems as though every time you turn on the news, you hear that a man was shot in cold blood, or a man went on a killing spree. But what they do not show are the people whose lives were saved because of gun ownership. That is why it needs to be known that these strict gun laws do not keep us safe, and makes the country much more dangerous to live in. The one problem with gun control is that it does more bad than good when it comes to “stopping crime”. It seems as though the government thinks that providing strict gun laws will prohibit murder and other crimes from happening, but it just makes it worse. In his article by “The Record” in Los Angeles, Kenneth says that “fewer than 2 percent of the population commit violent crimes” (Cioletti Par 4). So this means that any strict laws enforced will not only …show more content…
In a CNN article Robert stated about gun laws that, “Killers not deterred by laws against murder were not deterred by laws against owning guns” (Levy Par 5). These regulations do not affect the criminals who will commit a crime regardless of the consequences. If a person wants a gun to go on a killing spree, or if a criminal needs a gun to go on robberies or to kill, they’re not going to care that the gun they use is either bought legally or not. And like drugs, the government fails to see that enforcing these laws don 't deter people from killing and doing various crimes; it creates a high demand for illegal guns, which are used for crimes. So the vicious cycle goes like this: Gun laws enforced, increase in illegal guns and violence, government blames legal gun stores... and it goes on. These laws basically spit on the constitution, and nothing is being done about