The Pros And Cons Of Gun Control Laws

Gun Control The topic of stricter gun control laws has been a monumental discussion for multiple decades now. Gun control laws are policies that control the manufacturing, selling, handling, and use of firearms. Guns are rarely used in the act of self-defense and are mostly end up being used for dangerous situations that end up hurting people. In 2014, 2,549 children (age 0 to 19 years) died by gunshot and an additional 13,576 were injured, according to injury.research.chop.edu. Also, guns are too common and too many people own them. There are currently more than 350 million guns in circulation in the United States — approximately 113 guns for every 100 people. The third reason is that most guns are misused to commit crimes. Firearms were used in 68 percent of murders, 41 percent of robbery offenses and 21 percent of aggravated assaults nationwide, according to nij.gov. Gun control laws need to be stricter because guns are dangerous, too common in the U.S., and mostly end up being misused to commit crimes.
One of the reasons that gun control laws should be stricter is because guns are dangerous. “In 2017
Guns would indeed be helpful if they were frequently used to protect people instead of harming them, but that is not what happens. “People defended themselves with a gun in only 0.9 percent of crimes from 2007 to 2011” (npr.org). That is a very low percentage compared to the number of times that guns are used to commit crimes or do something dangerous. If the gun control laws were stricter, there would be much fewer crimes occurring, eliminating the need for guns in general. This would make the country much safer and could improve the quality of living. Since most people rarely use their guns defensively, it would not negatively affect their safety and if anything, would increase their safety since there are fewer criminals with