Recently, gun control has been the center of many heated debates by forcing the United States to reconsider the Second Amendment “right to bear arms.” The majority of Americans will readily agree that most violent crime in the United States involves the use of some kind of gun. Because guns are much quicker and deadlier than knives or clubs, they are the "weapon of choice" in the commissions of crime. However, radical laws that diminish the right of the public to bear arms jeopardizes public safety and encourages lawless individuals to proceed without caution. Even though violence will continue to occur in various forms, trained gun owners will impede this growing trend from overwhelming law enforcement and everyday citizens. In 1993, James S. Brady and President Bill Clinton passed the Brady Handgun-Control Bill in the reaction of the attempted murder of President Reagan in 1981 by John Hinckley, Jr. The law requires a waiting period for handgun purchase while authorities do background check and also restricts purchases of semi- automatic (History.com). The most effective way to stem growing violence in America is to encourage people to arm
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Guns do protect, and if criminals are aware that their prospective victims are armed and may turn the criminals into the victims, crime will go decrease. According to ontheissues.org, over 100,000 people are shot each year in the U.S. and 72% of them are use guns as weapons. According to this site, America has the highest number of gun ownership rate while in international homicide rate America holding 103rd number position . Nations with strict gun control laws have substantially higher murder rates that those who do not in general. In fact, the nine European nations with the lowest gun ownership rate have a combined murder rate three times higher than of the nine European nations with the highest gun ownership rate! (law.haward.edu
Guns do protect, and if criminals are aware that their prospective victims are armed and may turn the criminals into the victims, crime will go decrease. According to ontheissues.org, over 100,000 people are shot each year in the U.S. and 72% of them are use guns as weapons. According to this site, America has the highest number of gun ownership rate while in international homicide rate America holding 103rd number position . Nations with strict gun control laws have substantially higher murder rates that those who do not in general. In fact, the nine European nations with the lowest gun ownership rate have a combined murder rate three times higher than of the nine European nations with the highest gun ownership rate! (law.haward.edu