Gun Control ( in the U.S )

Pro's
1. The 2nd Amendment is not an unlimited right to own guns
  1. Gun control laws are just as old or older than the Second Amendment
  2. The right of the general public to carry a concealed firearm in public is not, and never has been, protected by the Second Amendment
2. More gun control laws would reduce gun deaths
  1. In Australia, between 1995 and 2006, gun-related homicides and suicides in the country dropped by 59 percent and 65 percent, respectively, though these declines appear to have since leveled off
  2. Guns were the leading cause of death by homicide (66.6% of all homicides)
3. Guns are rarely used in self-defense
  1. Of the 29,618,300 violent crimes committed between 2007 and 2011, 0.79% of victims (235,700) protected themselves with a threat of use or use of a firearm, the least-employed protective behavior
  2. Of the 84,495,500 property crimes committed between 2007 and 2011, 0.12% of victims (103,000) protected themselves with a threat of use or use of a firearm.
4. Civilians, including hunters, should not own military-grade firearms or firearm accessories
  1. Civilians today have access to folding, detaching, or telescoping stocks that make the guns more easily concealed and carried; silencers to muffle gunshot sounds; flash suppressors to fire in low-light conditions without being blinded by the flash and to conceals the shooter’s location; or grenade launcher attachments
  2. The Second Amendment was written at a time when the most common arms were long rifles that had to be reloaded after every shot
Con's
1. The 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution protects individual gun ownership
  1. Gun ownership is an American tradition older than the country itself
  2. More gun control laws would infringe upon the right to bear arms
2. Gun control laws do not deter crime; gun ownership deters crime
  1. States with the largest increases in gun ownership also have the largest drops in violent crimes
  2. "Criminals don't obey the law… Without the fear of retaliation from victims who might be packing heat, criminals in possession of these [illegal] weapons now have a much easier job"
3. Gun control laws will not prevent criminals from obtaining guns or breaking laws
  1. The problem with such [gun control] laws is that they take away guns from law-abiding citizens, while would-be criminals ignore them
  2. Of 62 mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and 2012, 49 of the shooters used legally obtained guns. Collectively, 143 guns were possessed by the killers with about 75% obtained legally
4. Gun control efforts have proved ineffective
  1. Banning high-capacity magazines will not necessarily deter crime because even small gun magazines can be changed in seconds
  2. According to a Mar. 10, 2016 Lancet study, most state-level gun control laws do not reduce firearm death rates, and, of 25 state laws, nine were associated with higher gun death rates

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