The government has placed many gun control laws, but some of the lawswere made to make the general public feel safer. For instance the governmentbanned a handful of assault riffles when they are not even used for most gunrelated crimes. The government also administered another law called the Bradey Law.
The Bradey Law makes a five day wait on the purchase of a handgun so acheck can be run on the persons background. None of these laws have decreasedthe amount of deaths caused by hand guns. The media also plays a part in morelaws being passed against guns and ammo. The media helped have a bullet thatpierces bullet- proof armor get banned, but the bullets were made speciallyfor law enforcement and licensed dealers. All of these laws should beconsidered unconstitutional because it goes against the right to bare arms. Sothese gun control laws should be stopped. They should find other ways to dealwith gun related crimes and violence.
This country was founded on the people of the country owning guns toprotect what they think is right. The constitution gives the people the rightto bare arms and protect themselves. Any law against guns should beunconstitutional but the laws were made because it is what some people want.
The ban on assault riffles took effect in the may of 1994. Nineteenassault-style weapons and broad categories encompassing many more semiautomaticfirearms… were among the many weapons that were banned. The guns that werebanned were only used for three percent of all gun related crimes in 1993. Mostof the crimes and murders were committed with handguns. So the only reason formaking this law was to make the people feel good and safe.
In 1993 the Bradey Bill became a law. It placed a five day waitingperiod on the purchase of a handgun. The reason for the wait is to make sureno criminals or mentally disturbed people purchase handguns. Did that reallysolve any of the problems? I don’t think so. The law only prevented 45,000people from getting guns. That number doesn’t even compare to the number ofdeaths caused by handguns. If they want to stop the amount of killings enforcegun education and enforce stricter punishment on murders.
The media also plays a part in gun control. If the news says somethingis bad or wrong people take their side and views. Rhino Bullets were bannedthat way. What the bullets were capable of is being able to pierce bullet-proof armor. What people didn’t hear was that it was for law enforcementofficers and licensed dealers. The bullets got banned because of lack ofinformation because it was going to be used for the good of the people.
Society is the one who suffers because people got the wrong image about the Rhino Bullets. We are slowly having our rights taken away because people would ratherbe safe than have freedom. If we keep giving more and more freedom their willbe no freedoms. If the common people have no guns or ammo the only groups whowill have guns will be the criminals and the law enforcement so who is going toprotect you from the criminals when the law enforcement can not come thatinstant. That is why gun control is bad.
