Title: Pros and Cons of Gun Control - Opinion Front
Headings: Pros and Cons of Gun Control
Pros and Cons of Gun Control
Understanding Gun Control
Pros of Gun Control
The Self Defense Argument
The Constitutional Right
Sporting and Hunting
Legal Possession and Why it’s Not Working
Cons of Gun Control
The Role of Law Enforcers
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Content: He lived with his mother in a decent neighborhood in Newtown and used her arsenal of guns to go on a bloody rampage. The investigation into this tragedy raised several questions, there was widespread public opinion that the murderer couldn’t have been so destructive if he lacked access to guns. The point many gun control activists make is that each one of those weapons was a legally owned firearm, under the supervision of a rational independent human being, yet, the murders could not be prevented. Pro-gun lobbyists blame the tragedy on the mental condition of the young man and not the fact that he had a deadly weapon such as the Bushmaster XM15 assault rifle within arm’s reach. The bottom line is that a gun is a lethal weapon and its only function is to kill; the fewer people have it, the better it is. If firearms were less prevalent in society, criminals would have greater difficulty laying hands on them. There would thus be a lower possibility of firearms falling in the hands of teenagers or children, preventing a tragedy like the Columbine High School massacre. Sport shooting, or hunting, or a gun culture that glamorizes and legitimizes unnecessary gun ownership can desensitize ordinary people to the fatal effects of guns and firearms in general. Retail firearms traders or individual gun owners can be given compensation if a ban is implemented.