I mean Mexico has strict gun laws but all that did was disarm law abiding citizens and left them at the mercy of the worst kinds of people. Granted Mexico has a weaker infrastructure, but how would gun control prevent gun violence here?
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That is not how it has been working out.
In Canada, G.B. and Australia, as stricter gun laws have gone into effect and firearms confiscated, the incidence of violent crime has gone up dramatically.
It seems that real life does not imitate the fantasy world of the gun control crowd. Just not a connection between anti gun arguments and the real world. Perhaps because the real world has actual people in it.
Grimlord
I, as a liberal will say, hand on my heart, no. It will not stop gun violence in the US. Nothing ever will. However gun control would certainly decrease it, assuming it is being applied properly. To ever try to stop a crime is a waste of time and resources. I think the best thing would be an increase in taxes to major corporations and people with a certain high income, and send it to the police. They can then use these extra funds to clamp down on gangs. The main reason your "law abiding" citizen feels they need a gun is because they're scared of gangs bursting through their door. Lower gang numbers, people buying guns decreases, less guns for psychos to get a hold of. Profit. Come on America, if the rest of the first world can do it, you can too.
Ninja_Butler
Not completely, but a universally implemented (I believe the term is "federal law" in the US) system of gun control would greatly reduce the occurrence of gun crimes; at present there are virtually no restrictions on the availability of guns in America, meaning any idiot with an itchy trigger finger can buy a gun.
It's a simple equation; the more guns are freely available, the more gun crime happens. It is an indisputable fact, but it is a fact that the NRA dances around and pretends isn't true. Arguing with the anti gun control lobby is like trying to argue with a Creationism-believer that the theory of evolution is true. Hard facts are never enough to win an argument against the power of belief.
Mexico does not have particularly strict gun laws; it is illegal in Mexico to carry a gun but it IS legal to own a gun and keep it in the home or private property. Mexico's problem is that it is under siege from heavily armed drugs gangs and their own government, police and courts are totally corrupt. There's nothing wrong per-se with Mexico's gun control laws, but it's not enough to make a difference in a Country that has lost the war against crime.
If America does not adopt gun control laws, it will become as poor and desperate as Mexico, and I think it will happen in less than 30 years. America is already bankrupt, and a crumbling society.
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The NICS method desires to incorporate folks with intellectual issues as pronounced with the aid of a licensed source. This could have blocked firearm purchases through James Holmes, Jared Loughner, and the VA Tech shooter. I do know this raises privacy concerns, and liberals hate to label persons (unless they disagree with them politically), but that is where the difficulty lies that allows most mass shooters. Additionally, if somebody tries to purchase a firearm once they be aware of they've been disallowed however try to sneak by means of anyway, there have to be consequences, so prosecute more of these attempting to interrupt those legal guidelines. The genie is long out of the bottle so the weapons are already out there, so ban something you wish to have, however that'll make no change. Of path, fewer mass shootings would outcome in fewer photo possibilities with survivors standing in the back of you to capitalize on, what with not ever letting a hindrance go to waste and all, however something.
James Franko
No. Gun control only applies to law abiding citizens. If you are a criminal, you are a non-law abiding citizen, so you can essentially do whatever you'd like.
Sure, stricter gun control laws may very slightly lower the number of guns that fall into the hands of criminals, but at the same time, it makes it much harder for law abiding citizens to obtain them. It makes it easier for criminals to obtain guns as opposed to citizens who would have to adhere to the strict laws. The end result...A higher ratio of gun owning criminals to law abiding citizens.
...Just look at illegal drugs in the US. The US spends BILLIONS of dollars each year in preventing illegal drugs from entering the US, yet they still enter each and every day. It will be no different with guns.