Argument Against Gun Control

Who thought that such a small bullet could have such a big impact on America? In recent times, the issue of gun control has become a progressively intense topic. Whenever a national catastrophe occurs that involves gun brutality, the question on what to do about American’s gun control takes the spot light. Most of the crimes that involve firearms are committed with the use of a handgun; this is a serious problem with America today. Although, most would agree that the world needs to come up with a solution about all the gun violence that we deal with every day, no one seems to have any answers at this point. Most gun control supporters believe that completely banning handguns is the best way to protect citizens. Banning handguns would not be an effective solution because banning
handguns fails to protect people because the laws are ineffective, banning guns prevents people from an effective mean’s of self-defense, and the laws do not solve the real problem, which is the gun owner. Simply banning hand guns altogether is ineffective, and that is the first reason why banning hand guns is not an effective way to protect citizens. There are several cities that have employed handgun bans in the past, and the results were not promising. On September 24, 1976, Washington, D.C. placed a ban on all hand guns; the ban was later over turned on June 26, 2008. Under the regulation of this law, no one other than a police officer was permitted to own a gun. Authors
Agresti and Smith (2010) state that urging the years which D.C. hand gun law were in effect the Washington, D.C. murder rate averaged 73% higher than it was at the outset of the law, while the U.S murder rate was 11% lower.” Cleary banning handguns in Washington did not reduce the amount of murders and crimes that were committed, and the numbers actually increased drastically. Banning handguns fail to protect people, and in fact, maybe even put people in greater danger because they prevent people from using handguns as an effective means of self-defense. The vast majority of gun owners say that having a gun makes them feel safer. A national survey finds that nearly half of gun owners (48%) volunteer that the main reason they own a gun is for protection. Passing strict gun laws will not make us safer. The reality is that criminals really don’t want to get shot and when you pass strict gun laws, you take the fear of getting shot away and criminals flourish. If a criminal attacks you in your home you can’t afford to wait 10 to 20 minutes for the police to arrive, assuming that you even have time to call the police and they respond. Ten minutes is more than enough time for the thug to rob, rape, or even murder you. It would be a lot easier to grab your gun and threaten their life with it then take a chance with your life and your family’s lives. Another problem with gun control laws that make them in effective is that they tend to only harm the peaceful, law abiding citizens like me, while do nothing against gun criminals.
The gun control laws do not solve the real problem which is the gun owner. Even if we have strict gun control laws that doesn’t mean the crime rates will go down or the school shooting will stop. If a criminal wants to kill someone they don’t have to have a gun to go through with it. It is just as easy to grab a knife or make a small bomb. Most criminals that want to shoot and murder people already have lengthy records and wouldn’t be able to pass a background check if they tried to purchase a gun legally. And even if the criminal does have a clean enough back ground to purchase a gun, one study reveals that most of them fear purchasing a gun legally because they know that it could be easily traced back to them. Instead the people we should be trying to stop are buying their guns on the black market. Most of the criminals that were interviewed during the study even distrusted so called internet sales on guns because they feared they were sting operations and they’d wind up trying to buy one from and ATF
agent. Most people understand that something is wrong, and turning a blind eye to the violence that include handguns is not the answer, but neither is banning them. Handgun bans are ineffective, they prevent citizens from the most effective means of self-dense, and the laws do not solve the real problem, which is the owner of the gun. It all comes down to responsibility. Each person who chooses to own a handgun must be responsible for the ways that the gun is used, and the government must be responsible for protecting its citizens. No one has the perfect answer for the handgun violence problem, but the most certain thing is that banning handguns is not the answer.