Gun Control

Crime has been a major issue in society. Gun crime has been on a rapid increase, leaving families to bury their loved ones, children without parents and in the case of Sandy Hook Elementary school, twenty five innocent lives lost. With resent activities, gun control has become an issue of constant debate. The issue of constitutional rights to bare firearm may need to be revisited in other to control the flow of firearms in the hands of criminals. Gun crimes are on the rise in the United States and stricter policies need to be implemented to, curb crime by doing intensive background check, stiffer penalties for illegal firearm use and also protect one’s constitutional rights.
How can crime be curbed? This is a question that’s on the mind of people who have been victims of gun crimes. There are many different types of crimes, but gun crimes have proven to be the deadliest of them all. The reality is guns are easily accessed by criminals because of the lack of intensive background check being done on these individuals. A national database is needed to cross reference on all individuals to determine whether of not they are fit to carry a firearm. The reason why gun laws are needed to curb crime, it’s because if there were a federal gun control law and a database set up that allows cross referencing nationwide, guns would least likely be sold to individuals with a criminal history.
Some may debate that an intensive background check on individuals may not decrease the crime rate. This may be true in some aspects because individuals may find other means to find firearms from other countries. If a criminal is allowed to purchase a firearm from other countries then background check needs to be done on a larger scale. To handle this issue, background checks need to be done on a worldwide manner. Not only will this venture protect the United States, but will also benefit other countries who are dealing with large amounts of gun crimes. It is essential to have these measures