Gun control laws are ineffective and do not assuage the gun violence in America. Recently gun control laws have been proposed to help combat the gun violence spike in the U.S, but these efforts seem to be futile. According to Brian Wilson in his article The Unrealistic Goals of Gun Control, “In 1996, the University of Chicago’s John Lott studied 15 years of FBI statistics and concluded that relaxed gun laws led to a decline in crime” (2). This demonstrates that the possibility of laws restricting gun ownership is irrational and illogical. Research also shows that “every year roughly 45% of U.S. firearms licensees are believed to rely on Mexican trade for their survival, while to the north, Canada estimates that 50% of the guns used in crime in Ottawa were smuggled across the border” (Overtan 1). The gun law system is completely exploited as criminals have the capability to smuggle firearms across borders onto American soil. This deems that gun control laws are inefficient and do not approach the issue correctly. The gun industry is no exception to the supply and demand effect. The main premise is that when a demand decreases,
Gun control laws are ineffective and do not assuage the gun violence in America. Recently gun control laws have been proposed to help combat the gun violence spike in the U.S, but these efforts seem to be futile. According to Brian Wilson in his article The Unrealistic Goals of Gun Control, “In 1996, the University of Chicago’s John Lott studied 15 years of FBI statistics and concluded that relaxed gun laws led to a decline in crime” (2). This demonstrates that the possibility of laws restricting gun ownership is irrational and illogical. Research also shows that “every year roughly 45% of U.S. firearms licensees are believed to rely on Mexican trade for their survival, while to the north, Canada estimates that 50% of the guns used in crime in Ottawa were smuggled across the border” (Overtan 1). The gun law system is completely exploited as criminals have the capability to smuggle firearms across borders onto American soil. This deems that gun control laws are inefficient and do not approach the issue correctly. The gun industry is no exception to the supply and demand effect. The main premise is that when a demand decreases,