Persuasive Essay On Gun Control

Throughout the history of the world since 1500AD firearms have been an huge turning point for countries to progress and develop throughout time. Although it currently is not the 1500’s the current sophistication of firearms has advanced dramatically since then but it’s use has not changed. With the current society of the United States guns in general have been topic constantly debate, more on to that gun control. Which to some point has resulted in the suppression of the own country’s citizens defense and needs to stop before guns are completely banned from the United States. Guns are not the only form of defense that a citizen can use, nor the least harmless but by far the most effective at defusing a situation of an active hostile shooter.

As hundreds of years has gone into developing the basis of how a gun functions and works, it has become extremely accessible knowledge, to which some could even find in their local library, even more so on the internet. With all this information, most people who are handy with tools probably couldn’t build an AK-47, but most likely they can put together a musket, which still is a deadly firearm at that. “If guns were outlawed completely and banned everywhere then criminals would quickly start building their own” (Lee). In that respect it shows that no matter what limitations are provided on upon the citizens or criminals, people will find ways to get around the limitations set upon them. If this seems as if it is impossible that most could do this take into account prohibition in the 1920’s. Since the government outlawed alcohol people started to make their own using basic means and methods. Thus, it will incur the same result if we were to ban guns from citizens. Though there are more radical ideal such as this “Ban guns. All guns. Get rid of guns in homes, and on the streets, and, as much as possible, on police.” (Bovy). As now the territory has changed not only from citizens and criminals to the peacekeepers. With the absurdity that this claim makes it can only concur that in its basic stature “as much as

With more restrictions constantly being placed upon firearms and more taxes used to feed the bureaucratic cycle, it makes the conclusion of as to what gun control is really attempting to help the people or the government. Whether or not changes are made most of the current gun control laws do little to no aid in stopping violent crimes from occurring. Whereas the safest option of gun control is put on the backburner, for now fighting for psychological evaluations to be required is all that can be