Gun Control Decreases Crime

“I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it”. -- Clint Eastwood

Current Gun Control regulations do not deter violence and crime. It has been shown that places that have relaxed their gun control laws have a higher crime and death rate. Data proves that homicide rates “[...] among the metro areas whose principal city is in a state that requires some form of permit to purchase a gun, is 4.32 per 100,000 residents, compared with 5.74 among cities in no-permit states”(Bailey). This is evidence that there is a correlation between gun control and death rates. It is also proven with statistical evidence that places with the least amount of gun control have the most violence. Statistics show that “‘none of the states with the most gun violence require permits to purchase rifles, shotguns, or handguns. Gun owners are also not required to register

On the opposing side, some others may say that the equation of more guns equals less crime is absolutely absurd. Sabina Thaler the author against guns states “crime victims uniformly use guns in self-defense is false. Women, for example, are less likely to use guns to protect themselves and are in fact in greater danger when doing so.” This statistic will help show that even if you have a gun to protect yourself, you might put

The Gun Control issue has sparked major controversy in America today. People who support gun control feel that guns are the reason for the soaring crime rate in our country. I disagree with the supporters of gun control. I feel that because of the black market, violent criminals being released from prison early, and the need to ensure personal safety, stricter gun control will have very little impact on violent crime in America.

America has always prided itself on being the land of the free. Our national Constitution and Bill of Rights have ensured that the people of America maintain their basic rights. Nevertheless, many of the rights guaranteed in these historic documents are often the subject of heated debate. The right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee against self-incrimination, the First Amendment’s protection of speech and petitioning activity, all of these issues have been subject to contentious arguments in courts of law and the courts of public opinion. Of late, however, the most lengthy, argumentative and noisy debates have focused on gun control. Some people think that

There is variably no connection to high gun ownership rates and higher amounts of crime. There are only 6 states in which 50 percent of the household’s own firearms that is Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Montana, West Virginia and Wyoming. If gun control advocates are correct about guns, these states would have much more higher crime rates. Data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that 4 of the 6 states ranked in the top half of states having the lowest homicide rates. Two of the states, Idaho and Wyoming are in the top in the top six.

As far as overall gun violence is concerned, according to the FBI's 1998 Uniform Crime Reports, the overall violent crime rate in the US decreased about 7%. Robbery alone declined by 11%, the lowest since 1969. In addition, murder dropped by 7%, the lowest since 1967. More significantly, despite the fact the number of firearms and handguns owned by individual Americans continued to increase from 1997-1998, the FBI also reported the rate of firearms used to commit murder and robberies decreased in 1998. (1998 Uniform Crime Reports). These facts conclusively prove that firearms owned by peaceable citizens do not lead to increased murder or violent crime rates. In fact, they demonstrate that armed citizens lead to reduced rates of violent crime. When the gun is in the hands of a well-rounded person, it is no more of a weapon than your every day curling iron.

The government wants to take our guns from us. Obama says it’s just a conspiracy theory. Obama claimed that some opposition to gun laws comes from conspiracy theorists who believe it’s a step toward tyranny. I don’t think it’s just a conspiracy theory when it’s all over the news. It is also talked about a lot by the government.

Further, despite the fact that gun ownership in the U.S. increased enormously during the 1990’s, there was a consistent, dramatic reduction of criminal violence. In fact, homicide and violent crime have plunged over the last 15 years. Considering that 18 of 25 countries surveyed had an increase of violent crime, America’s large decline is impressive. Moreover, Norway, Finland, Germany, France, and Denmark also have a high rate of private gun ownership, and the murder rates in these countries are as low as or lower than developed nations with less gun ownership (Kates & Mauser, 2007).

Their point of this is that gun laws do nothing to stop crime, because criminals don't follow laws. if they are going to use a gun to shoot someone or commit a robbery, what do they care about breaking some gun ban or law? These laws only affect the law abiding gun owners, the ones who follow laws, and they aren't the problem. Therefore, "guns don't kill people, people do," is an accurate statement. Just like with cars, cars don't kill people, reckless/drunk drivers do. Here, we have each city’s name, followed by the total population, followed by the number of crimes per 1,000 residents, followed by the number of murders for the year, then the residential median income, the unemployment rate,  and finally, their political What I am interested

Gun laws are a subject many people feel strongly about, and as with any subject people feel strongly about there are no shortage of data and statistics that seem to support either side. I decided to look into any correlation I could find between gun laws and deaths in the US. Just like with political parties and deficit spending I didn't really have any expectations, but would probably guess that there wasn't much correlation.

Is gun control an effective way to control crime? We are a country built upon freedom, we have men and women from all over the nation fighting for the exact freedom that we as Americans sometimes take for granted. It states in our Constitution that we have the right to bear arms, and that is something that should not be messed with. So no, I do not believe that gun control is an effective way to control crime.

I again grabbed my phone because Gun Rights are a huge issue for me. And they relate to what had just occurred. I’m concerned directly about the statistics related to this topic. Clicking through the piles and piles of extensive research on gun control and crime rates, I still couldn’t find any that actually were what I was looking for. I had to keep changing my search terms to find the best results. Finally, after extensive amounts of research, I found what I needed. The linkage between gun control and violent crime. An example I found was Australia, they have lots of gun control. But they have lots of violent gun related crimes. Comparing this to the US shows our lack of violent

In modern days society, there are numerous crimes are caused by firearms including handguns which are relatively easier to access for normal citizens compare to other firearms. The country I will mostly focus is United States of America, since US is the country where crime related to gun happens the most. This is because the inclusion of the right to bear arms and owning firearms to protect itself from others are in the second amendment to the constitution of the United States of America. According to the most recent research by statista.com, from 1972 to 2017, approximately above 40 percent of American citizens had contact with gun at least one time. For these kind of reasons, the United States suffers from gun-related incidents. Some people argues that gun control regulation will not affect the rate of gun related crimes and other incidents. However, that is not right. They argue that gun is not only main factor of innocent people’s death and it is just one of small factor, there are more diverse crimes cause more death than guns. Next, they claim that majority of people has a gun, you also might get shot, but will that person still willing to shoot? Further, they also mentioned that gun control efforts have proved ineffective. But, does arguments made by opposing side are very arguable with specific reasons with evidence, which I will explain in following paragraphs.

For better understanding it is always important to know the roots of an issue, gun ownership and gun control date back to the colonial days; even further back to the British heritage. In 1689 the British Parliament enacted the Bill of Rights, written in this document is the statement: “That the subjects in which are protestants may have arms for their defense suitable to their conditions, and as allowed by the law”. Part of the meaning this article was given, was that not only the nobility and rich landlords could own firearms, making the claim that Englishmen did not guarantee the right to possess weapons to ordinary citizens.