The Argument Against Stricter Gun Control

Gun control is one of the most controversial topics when talking about freedom and order. When people are for stricter gun control regulations they are choosing order over freedom, while those who do not want gun control laws are choosing freedom over order. The reason why the public is calling for stricter gun control laws is due to the recent, and reoccurring, school/public shootings that are catching the public attention and making them feel like there needs to be stricter gun regulations to reobtain order. But with stricter gun control regulations many believe order would be reestablished; however, those who oppose gun control believe that the only thing that would happened is that their rights would be infringed upon. Because of it being such a complicated topic, those who do not know much about the topic tend to lean towards whatever the people within their environment believe. However, the only way somebody could come to a conclusion on whether they should be for, or against, gun control is by looking at the issue of gun control and weighting the pros and

Also, David Frum stated that “about two-hundred Americans people go to the emergency room every day with gunshot wounds.” So with the number of gun related incidents have occurred it was also published in the American Journal of Public Health that those who own legal handguns have a “long-lasting increased risk of violent death” (qtd. in ProCon). Another argument that is made is that people who own guns are not likely to use them in self-defense. Between the years 2007 and 2011, out of the almost 30 million violent crimes committed not more than 236,000 people used guns to protect themselves during the attack. That is less than one percent (ProCon). So many believe that the use of gun control is necessary to prevent future harm, but those who oppose gun control think