Gun Control

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Gun Control
Gun Control In addressing new laws of gun control, one has to look at both sides of the argument. How will new gun laws affect violence in schools and on the streets? How do loyal, law-abiding gun owners feel about these new laws? These new laws are set for all sales of firearms must be registered, all purchasers must be licensed, and no individual may purchase more than one gun per month. There will always be arguments on both sides on such controversial laws like these. Pros and Cons can be thrown about every which way from decreasing school violence, to breaking the law of the Second Amendment. It can be easy to take sides, but one must look to both sides' arguments before reasoning. The gun control issue has really blown up since the Columbine High School shooting incident. This incident has sparked a nationwide debate fueled by Sarah Brady and other officials to enforce newer gun control laws, and keep these weapons out of the hands of the wrong people.
One way to help keep guns out of the wrong hands is just simply not to make them available to young people. A new CAP law has been set in 16 states already, where the accidental shooting death rate has dropped by 23%. This CAP law states that all handguns to have trigger locks, and for penalties to be set for adults selling guns to juveniles. US shooting deaths are higher now than all of the other 25 industrialized countries combined. The government is trying to crack down on this unfortunate fact by enacting this CAP law along with other laws.
Another law of limiting one purchase of a gun per month by the California Assembly by Wally Knox in Los Angeles. The purpose of this is to halt the people who buy large amounts of guns, and then go and sell them on the black market. These black market sales flood the streets of everywhere from Maine to California. These black market sales also contribute to getting guns into the wrong hands. Three other states have already en...