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Gun Control Is Bad

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Have you ever wondered whether gun control is really for the best? The term “gun control” refers to laws or restrictions being placed on the ability to legally own or purchase a firearm. Gun control laws can vary by what they restrict. Some laws do not allow citizens to own a firearm under any circumstance. Some gun control laws allow citizens to have a firearm, but do not allow them to carry it outside. In general, whether there are gun control laws or not, there are certain types of firearms that, apart from certain people, most are not allowed to own. Americans should be allowed to possess firearms because they should be able to protect themselves, it is their right, and it will help keep people safer. The first reason against gun control …show more content…

There are many examples of someone being attacked, and then being saved by someone with a firearm. Most people that own firearms are law abiding citizens and will only use their firearm to help themselves or others. If firearms are only in the hands of criminals, the overall safety of the population will go down because they don’t have a means to defend themselves. According to Jacob Davidson “We’ve have had a remarkable decrease in violent crime and gun crime in the U.S. since the early 1990s, even though the number of firearms has increased by about 10 million every year.”(Jacob Davidson). This quote shows that firearms overall help protect …show more content…

People with this viewpoint think that if there are less legal guns on the street, crime rate and murders will go down. People with this viewpoint also believe that Americans would be overall safer with less legal guns. Although this may seem true on the surface, if firearms were made illegal, the criminals would still have them. Even if gun control laws were stricter, criminals would not turn their guns in as normal citizens would. This would overall make America more dangerous in terms of crime. There will always be people that get ahold of guns “There will always be people who fall through the cracks. There will always be evil men among us.” (Robert Farago). This quote explains why gun control may not be as effective as some people may think. In conclusion, gun control laws should not exist, and new ones should not be created. Americans have the right to defend themselves. Americans also have a constitutional right to own guns. America is overall safer when there is less gun control. Even though some may think that gun control would help keep America safe, in reality it

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