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Yes, gun control is important, but NOT to the extreme degree we see in the US today. Gun control does NOTHING to lower crime, gun control makes buying guns hard, and state laws become stricter. However, gun crimes are commited by criminals, and do criminals buy gun at gun stores?, No, if they did, they'd be arrested when the clerk sees his background record. In reality, criminals get their guns illegally from the Black Market and are smuggled onto the streets. You can have the strictest laws ever, but it wont stop gun crime, if a criminal is going to kill with an assault rifle, he WILL do it, wil he go to jail?, of course, but that illegal assault weapon that was smuggled in, just killed someone, even though the law says assault weapons arent legal. So all gun control does, is make it harder for normal law respecting citizens to exersize their second amendment right. NOTHING else. You can make the strictest laws you can think of, and gun crime will still be the same.
Your question asks for an opinion. My opinion is no. There are already more than 20,000 Federal, State, and local gun control laws on the books. However, in many cases, the laws are not enforced. For example- it is against the law for anyone convicted of a felony (a serious crime) to have a gun. However, when a convicted felon commits another crime, such as armed robbery, he is rarely prosecuted for having the gun- only for the armed robbery. It has been found that when gun laws are enforced (such as Operation Exile) and career criminals go to jail, crime decreases.
However, politicians continue to try to pass more laws- since it gives them an opportunity to look good to the public. "See, I did something to reduce crime."
Rather than trying to regulate inanimate objects, we need to control behavior of people that commit crimes, whether that crime involves a gun, knife, or pointy stick.
You're asking for a matter of opinion. While I personally would get behind a couple items which had been proposed in the past, I would generally say no - especially to many of the proposals which have come forth. For example, I believe ballistic fingerprinting has absolutely no merit, especially since it can be defeated by five minutes with a file.
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Who is trying to change gun control laws?
barak obama is pushing for more vigurous gun control laws and background checks
Does Italy have gun control?
They have gun laws. Whether they actually have the words "gun control" within any of their firearms legislature, I don't know, but they do have gun control.
How does the National Rifle Association and its members influence government legislation concerning gun laws?
NRA members vote against gun control laws.
Should gun control have stricter laws?
It's arguable that the current gun control laws in the US are stretching the constitution to the breaking point. Anything much stricter and it would be impossible to maintain the fiction that they're compatible with the 2nd amendment.
How many states passed gun control?
There are thousands of laws that relate to gun control, and cover every state. Those laws have been there for years.
What places have strong gun control laws?
Mexico.
What is the BATFE?
The B.A.T.F.E enforce gun control laws.
Should small states use gun control?
Your question is asking for an opinion. My opinion: There are more than 20,000 gun laws already on the books- and they do not work. They do not work because people that commit crimes do not obey laws.
Where is your stance on gun control?
Your question asks for an opinion. My opinion is that gun control laws are based on a flawed belief that a person who will break laws regarding murder, robbery and rape will obey another law that says they may not have a gun. There are already about 20,000 Federal, State, and local gun laws on the books in the US. Gun control laws frequently do little except keep law abiding people from being able to defend themselves.
When a government control all firearms is called?
Gun laws.
Should gun control be allowed?
You will have to define the term "Gun Control". In the United States, there are already about 20,000 laws on the books (yes, that was twenty thousand) that deal with making, importing, selling, owning, carying, and using guns.
Why isn't gun control enforced?
Most laws aren't enforced.
