Why should there be gun control?

Answer 1

An outright ban on guns would result in a large amount of weapons being confiscated, but criminals will almost certainly break this law, making the situation worse. More than half of the American population support gun ownership, but at the same time just as many believe there should be stricter laws for the purchase of guns.

Answer 2

No rational reason for gun control. The corrupt, unintelligent government seems to think that if they make all guns in the country hard to get, gun crime will somehow magically go down. In REALITY, however (a place the American government is not used to being), criminals aquire guns illegally, NOT at gun stores (as the foolish government thinks), making guns hard to buy legally does NOTHING at all to lower gun crimes, all it does is take guns out of the hands of honest, clean, law abiding citizens, and as for the criminals, they'll ALWAYS have guns that are smuggled in illegally, the governemnt can ban all guns and make it illegal to own them, and gun crime will still be the same, because the criminal's guns are NOT bought at gun shows and gun stores, they are acquired through illegal smuggling and the Black Market.

Answer 3

On a philosophical level gun control is an abridgment of freedom and a form of collective punishment. Essentially, the premise is that since some people may use firearms for criminal purposes it is necessary to limit everyone's access to them.

On a practical level gun control rarely, if ever, achieves the stated goals of reducing violent crime. This is due to a number of factors. Most crime committed with firearms can also be committed with any other weapon just as easily. Crime is a function of social conditions, poverty levels, cultural peculiarities, and law enforcement. The other issue is that gun control only affects the people who follow the laws to begin with. It is somewhat naive to think that a person who chooses to ignore the law against robbery would not also choose to ignore the law against carrying a gun.

Gun control is popular with the politicians because it provides a visible indication of them doing something in response to a public outcry without them having to do any real work. Fixing crime involves looking at the root causes and that is labor and money intensive. It is also not very clear-cut and hard to quantify. It's much easier to ban an object and tout that as the solution.

Answer 4

Enforcement of any legally passed law is essential to any society. Laws are the required rules of behavior for the citizens of any society, the standards set for smoothly operating economy, the limitations of government authority. The rules of behavior - like 'stealing is wrong' or 'green lights mean go - red lights mean stop' are for safety and are generally accepted societies in all the countries of the world.

Any group of legislators/lawmakers will make laws in response to a problem. Unfortunately, sometimes they make laws just to show that they are doing something, justifying their job. When that happens you find that the citizens will be in disagreement over the law and may not comply. Like 'jaywalking' laws. It was created for safety and traffic management, but do we really need a law to tell us not to step out in front of a car? Hence you have a law/regulation that is often ignored by the citizen and not enforced by police.

Now, specific to laws about firearms. If you do not enforce a gun law like 'minors may not buy a firearm' then you might have guns in kindergarten. So that is a law that citizens would want enforced and the police will enforce. People with mental problems that can make them violent to themselves or others should not have firearms is another law that is accepted by citizens and law enforcement - but not one that legislators want to approach because of the cost of mental health care and monitoring. So they try to make laws that infringe on the rights of all people instead of those who are the problem - just to show that they are doing something. Some people may like that approach because they want a clear 'enemy' like a gun, as opposed to the less distinct problem like 'mental illness'. In their grief or panic or guilt they may want to allow laws that will have unintended consequences on all citizens and will not really help the problem at all.

The problem with firearms in any country is that if they are let flow in freely, chaos can erupt. Also in the cases of some mass shootings, people withphysiological problems or convicted dangerous felons, it is important that we protect the innocent civilians that are often harmed in the cross fire

Answer 5

Gun laws have been around for centuries. In the old west it was decided that too many people were shooting each other so when a person came into town they had to turn in their gun. Laws place limits on gun ownership. We could do a better job of it and in 1787 when the right to own a gun was written there wasn’t any thought about the military weapons we have today. Just the event at the Las Vegas concert is proof that laws are needed to protect people. I don’t know about you but I like to think I can go places like concerts or football games and not get killed.

Answer 6

They should not be.