Gun Control A firearm is considered to be a weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder. There are many different types of firearms such as, a revolver, pistol, rifle, and shotgun. Not only are there different types of firearm, but as well as different firing mechanisms. You have two different options, semi-automatic and automatic. With a semi-automatic gun you have to squeeze the trigger each time you shoot, with an automatic gun as long as you hold the trigger it will shoot until you let go. The control of firearms has been an issue for years, but with the recent mass shooting around the world there has been an increase in publicity over there control of guns. According to (Bloomberg) “Republicans have shot down any attempts to enact
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Adults owning a handgun is 17-19% or 40-45 million adults.” Why, even after Newtown were a shooting left six people dead, are gun laws ascending. In 1994, for some reason violent crimes began to decrease falling roughly fifty percent over to last two decades. Today, sixty nine percent of the violent crimes are murders. Mass shootings by disturbed young men should present a special case, one that is disconnected from gun control proposals these atrocities inspire. Mass murders are planned meticulously and usually the person planning acquire the guns legally, so background checks would be of no use to stop these criminal. In the case of Adam Lanza, who armed himself with his mothers legal, if negligently maintained home arsenal. Another way to stop future violent criminals is activists and policymakers need to identify mentally ill people that are dangerous and limit there freedoms such as there access to guns. If gun control were to actually control gun crimes then there would be nothing to stop a repeal on the second amendment that created prohibition. The facts do show that gun control laws actually don’t control guns, but instead led to more armed robberies and higher murder rates after they have taken the weapons from law abiding citizens then gun control would be a bad idea, even if there was no second
Adults owning a handgun is 17-19% or 40-45 million adults.” Why, even after Newtown were a shooting left six people dead, are gun laws ascending. In 1994, for some reason violent crimes began to decrease falling roughly fifty percent over to last two decades. Today, sixty nine percent of the violent crimes are murders. Mass shootings by disturbed young men should present a special case, one that is disconnected from gun control proposals these atrocities inspire. Mass murders are planned meticulously and usually the person planning acquire the guns legally, so background checks would be of no use to stop these criminal. In the case of Adam Lanza, who armed himself with his mothers legal, if negligently maintained home arsenal. Another way to stop future violent criminals is activists and policymakers need to identify mentally ill people that are dangerous and limit there freedoms such as there access to guns. If gun control were to actually control gun crimes then there would be nothing to stop a repeal on the second amendment that created prohibition. The facts do show that gun control laws actually don’t control guns, but instead led to more armed robberies and higher murder rates after they have taken the weapons from law abiding citizens then gun control would be a bad idea, even if there was no second