Do You Need Your Guns? In the article “Should More Gun Control Laws be Enacted?” by ProCon.org it states that armed civilians are unlikely to stop crimes and are more likely to make dangerous situations, including mass shootings, more deadly. On average, 200 Americans go the emergency room every day from gunshot wounds; a statistic that would decrease if there were more gun control laws. 50% of unintentional fatal shootings were self-inflicted and most deaths were caused by family members or friends. There should be more gun control laws in the United States to reduce these deaths. Gun control laws beneficial to protect women from domestic violence. Nearly 5 women are murdered each day in the United States from a domestic violence
