Gun Violence: Gun Control: Crime And Violence

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Gun control has been around for many years and it has become a topic that has been talked about more and more often. However, gun control has created some differences on whether it is being used effectively and whether it is a good law or not. Gun control is the second amendment of the constitution and basically what it means is that it is the right to bear arms. The right to bear arms is a concerning topic for many people because now when a mass shooting occurs people immediately blame gun control but how do we know that gun control is the problem? People may think gun control is a good thing but in reality crime and violence are caused by many other things therefore gun control does not reduce violence. Gun control, having a long history, …show more content…

Reliable data based on gun use is a hard thing to come by. Reliable data is hard to come by because it is not really known how often a person points a gun at someone who turns out to be harmless. Also these types of research are questionable because people do not know if the data is reliable. Since reliable data is hard to come by researchers have just avoided studying things related to gun violence. There are so many studies about gun violence and they all seem to prove one thing and that is that gun control does not reduce violence. Gun control is so often spoken about that research has been easy for those studying or researching the topic. Of course, many will probably disagree with the assertion that gun control does not reduce violence. Many people will disagree because they have a belief that gun control will reduce violence because not everyone will have a gun and therefore no one is harmful towards anybody else. In addition to not having a gun less murders will happen and the community will come closer together and there will be no need to kill each other or own a gun. If the government shows how effectively gun laws are then that will want to make everyone want to not even own gun because of how safe they …show more content…

Also gun control has been proven in many ways that it does not reduce violence or crime. Gun control should be important to many people because it can help a country but in some cases it does not always help. Therefore people need to stop blaming gun control for everything and start taking into consideration that gun control is not the only factor in violence and crime. Gun control is important because it gives a citizen the right to be free and own a gun but when that citizen decides to not follow the law then he/she will have to deal with a punishment but the other citizens will have to hear about it and this will tempt governments to increase gun control laws and the more that gun control laws increase, as proven, gun related death rates will happen more and more. As you can see gun control is viewed as being a good law but others oppose and say that gun control does not reduce

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