How Do Gun Control Laws Reduce Crime?

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

“When states expand firearm prohibitions to high-risk groups and adopt comprehensive measures to prevent diversion of guns to prohibited persons, fewer guns are diverted to criminals and there is less violence” (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Par 6).

As the number of guns sold is dwindling the number of guns on the streets in the hands of criminals could be slowed as well. There has been great need of increasing gun control within America as well as it is written within the article The Fight Over Guns In America published within the Junior Scholastic it states that “The U.S. has many more guns—and gun deaths—than any other developed country. In 2014, there were more than 33,000 such deaths in this country.” This is an astonishing fact that needs to be addressed and it seems that gun violence has not slowed down either. According to Why the gun control movement fails by Gary Younge published within the Nation it states that “There have been 1.4M US firearm deaths from 1968 to 2011, compared with the number of US military deaths (1.2 million) in every armed conflict from the Revolutionary War to the invasion of Iraq” This is an even more astonishing fact as it is so blatant how many Americans lives are lost every year due to the lack of gun control within America. It is so blatant that we must address these

According to the lecture on Gun Violence, there are currently over 300 million guns in the possession of private citizen. Americans have over 75 guns per 100 people, whereas other western countries range from 5 to 30 guns per 100 people (2007 small arms survey). Gun violence is a major issue in the United States due to lack of gun control. The lack of gun control makes handguns too readily available to citizens, allows those who should not own a firearm the ability to purchase firearms, and no policy on secure storage of firearms. As a result, I conclude that a combination of restriction of private ownership of handguns and stricter background check and storage policy would eliminate some of the violence caused by guns. To decrease gun violence

In history time and time again it has been proven that Gun control does nothing but increase violent crime and prohibit its people from protecting themselves. China: 20 million dissidents were murdered, Cambodia: 30 million people were murdered, 1939 to 1945: 10 million Jews and other prisoners were murdered at Nazi concentration camps, Soviet Union: 20 million murdered either in slave labor camps or by Stalin’s cronies. Every single nation that has had a genocide of some sort has implemented or used existing Gun control laws to control its people. Modernly when these laws are introduced violent crime rates sky rocket and overall Gun violence does not decrease. “Crime statistics from the late 1980s and 1990s indicate that the measure failed to have a significant impact on firearm-related crime.” (Boston Globe UK). Why would somebody that stands on the

Although guns have been used in the act of committing a lot of crime in the country, they have also been used to prevent a lot of crime and are one of the largest crime preventers. Many other countries in the past have put a ban on firearm weapons to try to prevent crime and other various reasons. It has been shown through research and studies that these countries who banned firearms have suffered from much more crime within their countries after the ban. This means that with control of guns comes no good effects on crime only increasing the amounts from before (CPRC). It has also been proved that where right-to-carry laws are permitted crime rates drop in numerous amounts. While support for strict gun-control laws usually bas been strongest in large cities, where crime rates are highest, that's precisely where right-to-carry laws have produced the largest drops in violent crimes(Lott). Gun prevention laws clearly do not stop crime but only contribute to more violence.

In 2012 alone, an estimated 8,578,610 firearms were manufactured in the United States (ATF 2). Firearm manufacturing is a significant contributor to the nation’s economy, providing jobs and tax revenue. An assault weapons ban would prevent consumers from acquiring the currently popular hunting and recreational shooting rifles. “About half of the Nation’s 44 million gun owners participated in a gun sport in 1994” (Cook and Ludwig 3). This number would be significantly reduced if popular sporting rifles were removed from the market. It is also important to note that lawful firearm owners heavily outweigh those who use guns to commit crimes. In 1994 at the peak of violent gun crime rates, a total of 1,585,700 firearm related crimes were committed (Planty and Truman 2). This equates to approximately 3.6 criminal actions for every 100 gun owners. Since then, the amount of crimes has significantly decreased to 426,100 in 2010 (Planty and Truman 2). Banning assault weapons would affect a massive demographic in which only a small percentage are the cause of

Marjolijn Bijlefeld author of “The Gun Control Debate” explains that, “In survey after survey, respondents strongly support governmental attempts to ban gun ownership or at least limit it” [7]. Congressman Jack R. Kingston of Georgia wants these people to take a careful look at Jamaica in 1974.Congressman Jack R. Kingston mentions, “In 1974, Jamaica enacted a strict gun control laws, which included secret trials, detention, house-to-house searches randomly, and mandatory life sentence for possession of a single bullet” [8]. John R. Lott is an economist and author of “More Guns, Less Crime” explains, “Within six months violent crime dropped significantly,” and “Within a year, it went back up to the level it was before the gun control laws, and in fact has been increasing ever since” [9].What is most important is that one third if the murders were perpetrated by the police. Aside from the obvious, criminals who already have broken the law would not abide by a new one by showing disregard to others. Gun control laws would only result in a large criminal network of illegal firearm sales, thereby denying guns to all but criminals and even making criminals out of law-abiding citizens. Americans must maintain the right to own guns for the defense of their homes, families, and for sporting

Over the past few months, people across the nation have been debating about gun control. Topics ranging from firearm restrictions to background checks have been heavily discussed by both emotion and logic, by both gun supporters and gun control activists, and it seems like there is no middle ground for both parties to agree on. Crime rates influence guns demanded for self-protection, and guns demanded by criminals depend upon guns held by law-abiding citizens. Comparative-static analysis is used to investigate the effects of crime and gun control policies. The results show that increases in crime control policies may reduce crime by less than one would expect because of the indirect negative effect on guns owned by the law-abiding public. Gun control policies reduce the demand for guns, but the effect on premeditated crime is ambiguous because of the negative effect on guns owned for self-protection and recreation. This paper reflects on how safety for law abiding citizens should have the right to protect themselves and or their families.

Tragedy struck Newtown, Connecticut in 2012, making Americans fearful. Twenty children between the ages of six and seven were fatally shot in their school. Six more adult victims were part of the carnage. Events such as these - mass shootings, murders, and violence executed with guns - have become increasingly common. With the increase of media coverage of violent crime, a fear response has been elicited by the American public, and many people have chosen to arm themselves against potential harm. Thus, more and more citizens and policymakers alike are viewing the crimes as a result of gun ownership. It is a common belief that by removing guns and increasing gun regulations, crime will decrease. These beliefs are unfounded and are made without

Strict gun control 's public policy goal, gun shortage, commonly rests on the grounds that dangerous criminal control is not the central problem for reducing the problem of criminal gun violence but rather that it is the social control of the distinctively-lethal instruments by which both supposedly good citizens as well as violent criminals inflict a shockingly high percentage of injury and death (Gun Laws, 2015). Many feel that putting strict gun policy make the state or country a safer place. They feel that guns are the main reason why many high crime rates is at its highest peak.

In fact, gun control does not reduce Crimes. David Brooks, a New York Times columnist asserts “If they can’t find an easy way to get a new gun, they’ll surely find a new one of the 200 million guns that already exist in the country, or they’ll use a bomb or find another way” (qtd. in Gun Control: Reform). Banning guns will be meaningless to law breakers who will buy them illegally and will lead to more crime because criminals will be better armed than law abiding citizens (“Update: Gun Control”). If more law abiding citizens have guns, criminals are less likely to prey on people when there is a chance they will encounter armed resistance (“Does Gun Control…”). Also, Paul Bucher says “The problems aren’t the guns, it’s the guns in the wrong hands” (qtd. in Gun Control: Reform). People who use guns to commit crimes are not going to be affected by stronger gun restriction but the law abiding citizens will (“Special Interview…”). Another example of gun control that affects the wrong people is the assault weapon ban, several people testified that they had used guns which are now banned to defend their lives and to prevent crimes (“Update: Gun Control”). Moreover, to lower crime rate, stiffened gun control laws are not the way to go. Gun control is not a major factor in lowering crime rate (“Gun Control: Update”). Guns are not only

Gun control is a national issue that is highly controversial and needs to be discussed. Some argue that if gun restraints are tightened down or if guns were removed from the public entirely, then the safety of the public would increase substantially. Others oppose that stance and propose rather that in the absence of guns, public safety would drop off, since average Americans wouldn’t have access to guns, while criminals would have access through underground trade and black market sales. The supporters of gun control propose the thought “how can guns be good when so much crime is involved with them?” While guns are used in a large percentage of crime, nearly 74% of murders and 41% of robberies according to the national institute of justice

The gun laws and bans in the United States are not helping to make things better or decrease our crime rate or solve anything instead we need better background checks to make sure we are not giving guns to the wrong people. ‘’A study published in the Harvard journal of law and public policy discovered that the nations with more guns tend to have a lower crime rate’’ (Snyder, Michael. N.p., 12 Aug. 2013. Web. 26 Mar. 2015.). This proves that people tend not to commit a crime if they know that people around them are armed and ready to fire also they know that if they go to a country with a lower percentage of gun ownership they are not taking as much risk because there aren 't that many guns in the area.

Gun control and restrictions on acquiring firearms has been a topic that has been disputed heavily in NSW since the 1980s. Similar to various other nations, Australia has seen a number of high profile shootings, resulting in a tightening of gun control laws. One may believe by instinct that relaxing current restrictions on acquiring firearms would lead to more crime, as more guns are readily available. This paper will explore this debate, to investigate if an increase in guns will truly lower crime levels.