Gun Control Pros And Cons

One of the most conversed and debated issues in the Unites States, other than Donald Trump's hair, is difficulty of gun control. Gun control is defined as "...laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms...". These laws are ideally issued by governments to preemptively reduce armed crimes, though it has been shown to be one of the first acts of most rulers plunging into tyranny. In terms with the USA, there are primarily two sides of the heated subject; Democratic, and Republican. Obviously, the "left" argument is completely moronic; believing that a ban on guns will magically end all rape, theft, and murder. Of all of the documents in our illustrious republic, the Constitution
and its following Bill of Rights hold the most importance as the foundation of our country. In the Bill of Rights, the Second Amendment states "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.". This 255 year old, nearly irreversible law protects the American people, particularly from infringement on our right to have firearms. All over the world, countries have banned and restricted guns; most notably England, Canada, Australia, China, India, Japan, and a vast many more.
Just to exemplify the effectiveness of these bans, the English "1997 Firearm Act" will be made an example. On the year of Lady Diana Spencer's tragic vehicular accident, a Thomas Hamilton used four handguns to horrifically murder 18 people (16 of whom were school children, all under the age of seven), while injuring 15. This later proclaimed "Dunblane Massacre" led to the English Parliament passing the "1997 Firearm Act", essentially banning all modern guns; with assistance from the earlier Firearm acts of 1920, 1937, 1968, and 1988. Since Britain's ban on firearms, it's crime has quite oddly skyrocketed. During the years 2000 through 2004, armed robbery rates escalated 170.1% higher than pre-ban, kidnapping increased 144.0%, assault rose 130.9%, murder rose 117.6%, and sexual assault increased 112.6%. Firearms were used in about 40% more than before, 3,685 recorded crimes in year 2000 compared to 2,648 in year 1997. Though England has virtually no legal gun ownership, they have one of the highest crime rates in the civilized world; 2,034 per 100,000 citizens, compared to America's
446. On the polar opposite, another European nation has proven with more weapons comes less crime.
Switzerland has set up their firearm laws so they can have a safe existence while over 25% of the population has at least one personal firearm. The country does this by, unlike the USA, letting citizens who served in the military to keep their weapons after returning home. Switzerland also has a thorough, but realistic "background check", as we like to call it; and require citizens with weapons to be taught to use them properly. In the year 2014 the country had about 170 homicides, 18 of which involved guns, making its gun crime rate 0.49 per a 100,000
population. One of the most outspoken opposer to gun control was of course the highly respected President Ronald Reagan. Once gaining office; he ripped to shreds the "Beau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms", the leading force of gun control. Even after his attempted assassination, he continued his abolition on gun control; saying "There's only one way to get real gun control: Disarm the thugs and criminals, lock them up and if you don't actually throw the key, at least lose it for a long time... It's a nasty truth, but those who seek to inflict harm are not fazed by gun controllers. I happen to know this from personal experience." Most everyone's greatest fears include home intrusion, muggings, armed robbery, or even mass shootings; and with extensive gun control, their only protection is a plump policeman who's ten minutes away. When a group of dangerous criminals break into your house, are you supposed to hide under the bed hoping you aren't found and killed; or would you rather grab the shotgun from your closet and chase them out of your home? When armed terrorists walk into the theater and start gunning down people around you, are you slaughtered like the rest of them; or do you use your conceal firearm to good use? It is all the same. The notion of gun control and bans are outlawed by the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights; proven inadequate in reducing crime, as shown it Great Britain; more weapons in turn reduces major crime, as demonstrated by Switzerland; and gun control has been fought by many great and respected congressmen, governors, senators, and indeed presidents.