Gun Control and the Black Market

Criminals are running around with illegal guns. So we are not able to find the guns and the murder weapons. Their should not be able to get the gun at all but their find ways. This need addressing because if we do not address the problem, it will just get worse and more people will die from are mistaken. The worse it gets, the more people that die from this. People should not have to worry about the criminals who were in jail, having guns and what they would be doing with them. Gun control laws should stop criminals not law abiding citizens.
Everyone wants to own a gun, but some people cannot like criminals. Their need to get there on the black market. The black market is how people get gun under the radar. It is normally in regular gun stores and they do not do background checks, fill out the paperwork or go to the classes. There are a lot of school shooting and people being shot for no reason. It crazy how someone can leave the house in the morning and not come back at night. According to David Lester in his article Police Officers Killed and The Guns Used by Criminals “It may be that criminals who are more likely to kill police officers utilize different types of gun than do criminals who are unlikely to kill police officers” (Par.4). Their should not even have guns. If they did not have the guns, then they would not have killed the police and then maybe they could have caught some more criminals and we would not be having this problem right now. Also, we would be able to have other crimes solved because the police are still alive and not dying for the bad guys.
So you see if we cut down on the black market, then they would not be able to get guns and they will not be able to shoot the police. It would make our w...

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