Gun Control

             Gun control is one of the most important issues in making our country a safer place. Through the use of gun control, we are able to regulate the use and purchasing of different types of firearms. If the purchasing of these firearms is more difficult, then the purchasing and use of these firearms would be discouraged and many firearm related crimes could be greatly reduced. According to George D. Newton, "Firearms make some attacks possible that simply would not occur without firearms.". Handguns are one of the most lethal firearms concerning the gun control issue. The power of handguns are taken too lightly and they can often be used irresponsibly. "Approximately 60 percent of homicides each year involve firearms. Handguns alone account for three fourths of all gun related homicides."(Marjolin Bijefeld). In addition, when firearms are used carelessly or incorrectly they can be very dangerous and even lethal to innocent lives. The misuse of handguns are yet another reason they can be considered so unsafe. People often use handguns as intimidation instead of using them as protection, as well as to commit crimes instead of protecting themselves from crime. Through the use of gun control we can restrict the use of handguns used in committing crimes by using stricter background checks, longer waiting periods, and adding enforcement to people who own illegally purchased or stolen handguns.
             Out of all handguns used for protection, ninety percent are used just to scare and not to actually use. This means that only ten percent of people carrying licensed handguns are actually using them for protection. Protection is one of the biggest reasons to own a handgun; however and they are rarely being used for that purpose. More guns are made available to be used in crimes than for their original purpose protection. What may be considered even worse the same guns being purchased for protection are those also being stolen and use...

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