How Do Gun Control Laws Reduce Crime

Increasing gun control will not decrease crime. However, if we change the way we punish crime we may be able to change the way people look at crime and stop them from committing them. When thinking about crime the first thing that comes to mind is gun control. The problem is not the laws we have about guns, it is that they laws are not being followed. Criminals do not follow the laws and do not go about getting weapons legally. Adding more gun control laws to an already confusing situation, only prevents the law abiding citizens their rights to protect themselves. When criminals get guns and weapons they do not go to a store and buy them. They usually get them illegally. This means that the weapon is either stolen or bought off the streets, either way laws are broken. People with a record or felony are not permitted to carry a gun in the first place, which is why they cannot get a gun through a vendor. Adding additional gun laws is not going to prevent the person from obtaining the gun/weapon. The entire process of getting the weapon, to committing the act of violence, or crime is illegal, or wrong and many laws are being broken. How many new laws would it take to fix a broken system?

There is a background check and a waiting period to get a handgun. There are many guns that have been banned all together. Shotguns can be bought the same day but with the records that are kept everything is tracked. This process makes it difficult for a person to protect his or her family. A criminal can get a gun quicker and there is no trace of it. This leaves the criminal is better hands. It also puts the criminal in better knowledge because he knows how long it takes to get a gun and all the kinds of guns a person may