This is for my essay I am tryign to write and I would like to know your opinions. PLEASE!
2006-09-19 05:39:23 · 14 answers · asked by Firstlady aka Bosslady 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Where do most criminals get guns? They steal them or get them from the black market. So making the gun laws stricter does not fix the problem. Making the gun laws tougher just penalizes law abiding citizens who own guns. If you want to lesson crimes then make the length of time for the crime tougher.
2006-09-19 05:47:07 · answer #1 · answered by great dane fanatic 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think stricter gun laws would help because its the person who uses the gun the wrong way. Its not the gun. And lets be honest if someone really wants to but a gun you can get one hot from any corner in Philly. Its not a stricter law that will cut down on crime its the courts putting these people away and having stricter consequences.
2006-09-19 05:44:44 · answer #2 · answered by dmgoldsbo7 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Look at your big cities that have tight gun control - NYC, DC, or London, England, etc. They have HUGE crime rates, and honest citizens live behind four or five deadbolts because they fear the criminals. The criminal can be relatively sure that the person they are robbing does not have a gun, or, if they do have one, they are afraid to use it because THEY will go to jail for having an illegal firearm.
Now, imagine a city where guns are common or even required (as in Kennesaw, GA). Their crime rate plummeted once people were required to have a gun in their house. The criminals now knew that the homeowner definitely had a gun. The only question was whether or not they would use it.
Imagine a world without guns - they simply don't exist. Now a large, muscular man breaks into your home in the middle of the night. What are you going to do? He doesn't even have to be armed with a knife or a baseball bat. He can simply overpower you, and you are helpless.
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2006-09-19 05:44:45 · answer #3 · answered by FozzieBear 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Not likely. Criminals would always find a way to get guns. To do this you would fight an uphill battle. Since the ownership of guns is directly tied to the Constitution, it would be next to impossible to change over 200 years of the Right to Bear Arms.
In other countries that have stricter gun laws you still see crime to include violent crime.
2006-09-23 03:55:43 · answer #4 · answered by Eddie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They would fail. The gun laws that are in place right now are sufficient to ensure firearm safety and to keep legally registered firearms from falling into the wrong hands. These laws just need to be enforced. Stricter gun laws will only hinder the private citizen's Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms, but criminals will still find a way to get guns illegally. Don't remember the name of the county in upstate New York, but it has the lowest crime rate of any county in the nation and over 80% of the people who live there are registered gun-owners. Coincidence? Don't think so...
2006-09-19 05:49:10 · answer #5 · answered by sarge927 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Most of the time crimes commited with guns are commited with STOLEN guns, not guns registered to the shooter. I don't see how making stricter laws for honest people will make a difference when it comes to crimes commited with guns, bottom line, if you outlaw guns only outlaws will have guns. Hope this helps you out.
2006-09-19 08:31:58 · answer #6 · answered by marquita 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
FAIL! Taking away guns from law-abiding US citizens only gives the criminals more power to commit more deadly crimes. Guns do not kill people. Guns are just pieces of metal/polymer. People with criminal intent are what kill people whether they use a gun or not.
If guns are taken away, what's next? Knives, baseball bats, rope?
Good luck with your essay. I am sure you will get many different views on this subject.
2006-09-19 05:58:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the right laws and gun control can and do work. For instance, making it illegal for a convicted felon to have a concealed weapons permit is a good law, since they would be considered more likely to do something bad. Most countries that have more strict laws do have less violent gun and non gun crime per capital. Given the amount of gun supporters in this country, it would be hard to pass a law that didn't have a logical basis behind it.
2006-09-19 05:45:20 · answer #8 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
If weapons reason crime, why is there very almost no crime at a shooting variety, the place each physique has a gun? The maximum secure place is the place each physique is armed. the fewer weapons there are, the greater human beings die in gun violence. maximum mass shootings ensue in liberal states, in Gun unfastened Zones, the place strict gun administration is in effect. Liberals factor at crime and say we could desire to have gun administration. Gun administration means much less weapons. much less weapons means greater crime. greater crime means greater gun administration. meaning much less weapons.... Repeat. earlier long, in user-friendly terms criminals and crazies have weapons. The liberal utopia. while will human beings decide liberals constantly do what the criminals want?
2016-10-15 04:15:57 · answer #9 · answered by gaffke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would think that most crimes with guns would be with ill gotten weapons in the first place and the gun laws are pretty good now just go try to buy a handgun and you will see it's not the easiest thing to do as it is
2006-09-19 05:49:16 · answer #10 · answered by gr8tkapper 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋