Does Gun Control Make Our World Better?

Does gun control make our world safer? This is a question that is commonly asked. There have been many studies done to address this question, and none have shown that gun control works. Britain is a country with very strict gun control. In spite of this gun control, Britain still has the highest crime rate in the world. Switzerland on the other hand is a country where all citizens are armed and are trained on the safety and proper use of the weapon, resulting in the lowest crime rate of the world. What proof is there that gun control works? No legitimate study has ever shown that gun control works. The 2nd amendment states that the right to bear arms shall not be infringed. “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security

The Navy Yard in Washington D.C. was a gun free zone, but yet a shooting occurred there. If this was an anti-gun place, shouldn’t it have been safe? Theoretically it should have been. “The DC killer passed two background checks by the US military, he had received an anti-terrorism medal from the Navy, resided in New York, one of the most anti-gun cities in America, and was given a rifle permit by New York police” (Baldwin). How could any more gun control laws make us safer? Another example is shooting in schools. Schools, also gun free zones, are another example of an area well regulated by gun laws that still experience tragic shootings. Signs hanging in school hallways that say “weapon free zone” do not work. These only point out to potential killers that there will be no resistance, at least until police arrive. A way to cut down on school shootings would be having an armed guard somewhere in the school; it is guaranteed that a shooter would think twice. Theodore Roosevelt once stated “The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, thus, and not otherwise, may we be able to assist in preserving peace in the world!” (Roosevelt). Roosevelt had the same idea as the leaders of Switzerland. Eliminating firearms from the equation leaves citizens vulnerable to evil and exposes them to greater danger when they should feel

The gun control laws that are being proposed, disarm citizens not only of their firearms, but of their safety as well. More laws would only make it harder for law abiding citizens to own a gun. This would have a ripple effect that was not intended. Gun control lobbyists thought gun control would increase safety. However, the examples examined here show the opposite. If gun control really helped make the world safer, then theoretically prisons would be the safest place on earth. Criminals will always have guns, and gun control only infringes the rights of people who wish to acquire guns the legal way. Gun control or not, people that want to commit a crime will find a way. So, should gun control laws be stricter in the United States? Perhaps we as a nation should learn from countries like