Brain357
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The United States is considered a dangerous country. Making laws harder for the law abiding citizen, is only making them more vulnerable to violent crime. Law abiding citizen is going to abide the law no matter what it is. If the government says you can not carry a gun on your person at anytime, what do you think the law abiding citizen will do? Not carry a gun. What do you think the criminal will do? If they want to carry a gun there going to carry a gun. Then the criminals will know that there will be less of a chance of a person carrying a gun. It will be open season on law abiding citizens. If its harder for law abiding citizens to buy a gun, what makes you think a criminal that may never be able to purchase legally, will not be able to obtain one? You can get guns on the streets for half the price they cost in a store. You can get a gun on the streets just like that.With the most guns in the world and the highest incarceration rate we still have much higher crime rates than other civilized countries with gun control. We also have many unique problems to our country like mass shootings, over 50 police shot and killed each year, our police shoot many, many people, toddlers shoot people, road rage shootings, women shot by significant others.... Too many guns.The Government already made the gun laws more strict. How much more strict can they get until they start to interfere with our constitutional rights. I mean it is the 2nd Amendment, obviously at the time the Amendments of The United States Constitution were first developed, the right to keep and bear arms must of been a pretty important belief to the Government officials responsible in creating them.
The 2nd Amendment declares;
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.
Shall not be infringed means that the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution gives all citizens of the United States the irrevocable right to obtain, keep and bear arms, and this right shall NOT be infringed upon by ANYBODY. It means United States citizens have a God given right to keep and bear arms/guns.
Infringe- actively break terms of a law or agreement.
So what is the real reason behind the Government wanting to make stricter gun laws? I hope they know that its not going to stop the violence. If someone wants a gun they can get one off the streets cheaper than a gun store. Strict gun laws aren't preventing criminals or potential criminals from obtaining any firearm. All its doing is preventing innocent citizens from protecting themselves from criminals.
Also restricting places that you can carry a gun on your person isn't doing anything. The law abiding citizen will follow it when the criminal will still carry it.
All its really doing is making innocent citizens more vulnerable to be a victim or target for a criminal.
If gun laws get to strict to the point no one can carry a gun anywhere, strict where you can not purchase a gun, or a longer wait or process, or stricter requirements to legally own a firearm, its just preventing a law abiding citizen to be able to protect their life in a violent situation. It would be like opening season for fishing. Streams are fully stocked with innocent fish with no way to protect themselves from being caught by a fishermen. Criminals will know that there will be less innocent law abiding citizens that have protection on their person, so they will be an easier victim to a crime.
To me, stricter gun laws wont prevent crime it will increase crime.
Why the US has the most mass shootings - CNN
US cops killed 100 times more than German police in 2015
Analysis | American toddlers are still shooting people on a weekly basis this year
Study: Road rage incidents involving guns are increasing
The “boyfriend loophole” in U.S. gun laws is costing women’s lives
More police officers die on the job in states with more guns
Fallen officers: 64 shot dead in the line of duty in 2016 - CNN
FBI: Violent crime increases for second straight year
Guns kill nearly 1,300 US children each year - CNN
Stricter gun laws will not decrease crime. Stricter gun laws will increase crime.
Stricter gun laws will not keep guns out of the hands of criminals or potential criminals. Stricter gun laws will not get all the guns of the street.
How do they think stricter gun laws will decrease crime? I wish someone could explain that, one who thinks crime will decrease with stricter gun laws.
How to decrease gun violence? Make the penalties and punishments more harsh and instead on focusing on guns, focus on fixing Americas Poverty Problem. If Americas poverty issue improves and start to decrease the amount of people who suffer from poor conditions, I'm pretty positive that all crime would decrease. Instead of throwing away insane amounts of money, as the government does every year, how bout putting money into rebuilding America. develop programs to clean up the streets and demolish or rebuild abandon homes. Turn empty lots into community gardens. Provide Educational programs for kids in crime riddled neighborhoods. Start a program where funds are available to have odd jobs every day that people without can participate if they want and get paid.
The government can throw away hundreds of millions of dollars every year. They can send supplies, food, medical to other countries in need all while neglecting their own people. They will help a foreign country who has never did a thing for this country, before trying to fix or help the homeless and poverty.
What we have now is an arms race. With so many people armed, criminals also have to be armed. Would you break into a house in the USA unarmed? Fewer guns would mean fewer armed criminals.
While I agree with much of what you are saying with what will decrease crimes, your are ignoring some things that will still be a problem. Mass shootings, cop shootings, toddlers shooting people... We have a lot of issues because we have so many guns.