Informative Essay: Gun Control Laws In The United States

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Gun Control There are new laws and regulations being made all the time in the United States. Politicians think that by making these new laws it will fix their current problems. This is the case right now with the problems they are having with gun control. There is another side to this as well, if well behaved citizens want to carry a concealed weapon they can and this could help prevent bad occurrences from happening. If the right people carry guns it would make for a safer community. Gun control, in some places can help a lot by limiting the amount of people that can purchase firearms. “In the fall of 2000, for example, HCI sent a letter to its membership contending that the 1993 Brady Handgun violence prevention act resulted in a drop in gun deaths from 37,776…show more content…
When people don’t have guns to protect themselves they could at least have the illusion of having a gun, but if you have gun control you could not have that safety. If there were a test or survey you should take to see if you would be responsible enough to own a gun would be a good idea to make it not as hard for the good people to buy guns. It is a good idea to have people that are smart gun owners than having dumb ones. More people are buying guns for self defense “more than 2.6 Billion dollars of firearms for self defense, 96 million background checks have been completed, and the number of licensed gun carriers has doubled. The result has been an 18% reduction of out nation’s aggravated assault plus robbery rate.” (Menkus) this shows people that the more good citizens you have with guns the safer it is for the rest of the people. The problem is not the gun itself but the people who use it and commit these terrible crimes. If more people could be responsible with guns the world could be a safer

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