Pros And Cons Of Gun Control Laws

1224 Words5 Pages
A Pew Foundation report found that 79% of male gun owners and 80% of female gun owners said owning a gun made them feel safer, and 64% of people living in a home in which someone else owns a gun felt safer. 2. The US General Accounting Office (GAO) estimated that 100% of deaths per year in which a child under 6 years old shoots and kills him/herself or another child could be prevented by automatic child-proof safety locks. 3. The Centers for Disease Control listed firearms as the #12 cause of all deaths between 1999 and 2013, representing 1.3% of total deaths. They were also the #1 method of death by homicide (66.6% of all homicides) and by suicide (52.2% of all suicides). 4. Mexico has some of the strictest gun control laws in the world…show more content…
6. Five women a day is killed by guns in America. A woman's risk of being murdered increases 500% if a gun is present during a domestic dispute. Pro's About Gun Control Law If it was more gun control in the world it would probably be fewer suicide accidents. "Between 1999 and 2013 there were 270,237 firearm suicides in the United States, accounting for about 52% of all suicides during those years. According to a Mar. 2014 study published in the International Review of Law and Economics, when gun ownership went down in the United States, overall suicide rates went down. Firearm-related suicides accounted for 61% of the gun deaths in the United States between 2000 and 2010. A Dec. 2009 study published in Health Policy found "general barrier to firearm access created through state regulation can have a significant deterrent effect on male suicide rates in the United States. Permit requirements and bans on sales to minors were the most effective of the regulations analyzed." A person who wants to kill…show more content…
22% of Americans own one or more guns (35% of men and 12% of women). America's pervasive gun culture stems in part from its colonial history, revolutionary roots, frontier expansion, and perhaps most importantly, the Second Amendment, which states: "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Proponents of more gun control laws state that the Second Amendment was intended for militias; that deadly, senseless, and costly gun violence would be reduced; and that a majority of Americans, including gun owners, support new gun restrictions. Opponents say that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to own guns; that guns are needed for self-defense from threats ranging from local criminals to foreign invaders; and that gun ownership deters crime rather than causes more crime. Works Cited Charles, Patrick J. "Gun Control." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 02 Sept. 2015. "FEDERAL FIREARMS REGULATIONS REFERENCE GUIDE 2005." ATF.gov. U.S. Department of Justice, n.d. Web. 2 Sept. 2015. "Florida Department of Law Enforcement." Florida Department of Law Enforcement. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Sept. 2015. "Martin Luther King, Jr. Quote." BrainyQuote. Xplore, n.d. Web. 02 Sept. 2015. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/martinluth115062.html?src=t_weapon
Open Document