In recent times, the controversial debate on gun control has been growing exponentially. Many people questioned how should firearms be obtained, and who can get firearms. On one side of the argument, people are fighting to restrict guns with the belief that it will reduce the number of shootings and crimes. While on the other side, people are fighting to regulate guns with the belief that the right to bear arms will reduce shootings and crimes.
Banning guns will just take guns from the hands of good people not from criminals. Criminals do not care about gun laws, they are dishonest people. Criminals will always find a way to get guns. For example, a criminal can purchase firearms through the black market. Without a background check or having to be registered it makes no difference if guns are allowed or not. In fact, the more gun control there is the happier the criminals will be knowing that no one around them will have a weapon. Therefore, why would shootings happen at schools? If a criminal like Adam Lanza, the sandy hook shooter, knows that schools are gun free zones, they know no one will fight back. As a result, restricting guns will not prevent shootings, it will make them more deadly. …show more content…
While banning guns, why don't they ban tobacco too? Statistics show that tobacco kills more than 14x more people than guns. When guns are banned people will resort to other ways of killing such as knives, explosives, and cars. After the JFK assassination, the government passed multiple gun laws, and what happened the following year? Murder rates doubled. Another example is the UK. They banned firearms and after that, they had an increase in murder. Ultimately, banning guns will not make the crime and murder rates go down, but
Banning guns will just take guns from the hands of good people not from criminals. Criminals do not care about gun laws, they are dishonest people. Criminals will always find a way to get guns. For example, a criminal can purchase firearms through the black market. Without a background check or having to be registered it makes no difference if guns are allowed or not. In fact, the more gun control there is the happier the criminals will be knowing that no one around them will have a weapon. Therefore, why would shootings happen at schools? If a criminal like Adam Lanza, the sandy hook shooter, knows that schools are gun free zones, they know no one will fight back. As a result, restricting guns will not prevent shootings, it will make them more deadly. …show more content…
While banning guns, why don't they ban tobacco too? Statistics show that tobacco kills more than 14x more people than guns. When guns are banned people will resort to other ways of killing such as knives, explosives, and cars. After the JFK assassination, the government passed multiple gun laws, and what happened the following year? Murder rates doubled. Another example is the UK. They banned firearms and after that, they had an increase in murder. Ultimately, banning guns will not make the crime and murder rates go down, but