The purpose behind gun laws are to protect people and lower crimes and murders related to guns. Countries with stricter gun laws have been able to achieve this purpose, However the U.S. has yet to accomplish this. A study revealed that in 2007,Finland had 23 gun homicides and 172 gun suicides while the U.S. had 12,632 homicides and 17,352 gun suicides that same year. In 2007, Switzerland was ranked number 3 in international gun ownership with gun ownership rates with 45.3 guns per 100 people. Whereas the U.S. was ranked first in international gun ownership with gun ownership rates with 88.8 guns per people. The U.S. may have enforced gun control laws, however they have too many guns to try to control when compared to other countries.
By reducing the amount of guns in the U.S., the U.S. would be able to reduce their gun deaths. In doing so with fewer deaths the U.S. would be able to start saving other problems as well. Other problems would include less people dying from mass shootings, less conflicts would become more violent and less people would die from the cause of guns such as suicides and accidental gun deaths. A study has unveiled, there were 464,033 total gun deaths between 1999 and 2013: 270,237 suicides; 174,777 homicides; and 9,983 unintentional deaths. Guns were also the leading cause of death by homicide and suicide. One study shows, that a person who desires to kill themselves is unlikely to commit suicide with a poison or a knife when a gun is unavailable.
There has been a misconception in terms of the gun laws because of what guns have been intended for, what they are actually used for and who has bought the guns, and who actually has used the guns. The misconception is that people claim they intend to use guns in self- defense. However a study has revealed, of 29,618,300 violent crimes committed between 2007 and 2011, 0.79% of victims protected themselves with a threat of use or use of firearm, the least employed protective behavior. Furthermore there has been a misconception with the people who purchase guns, and the people who actually use the purchased guns. One study unveiled that between 2005 and 2010, 1.4 million guns were stolen from U.S. homes during property crimes with a yearly average of 232,400.
Works Cited
http://gun-control.procon.org/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/10/28/lax-indiana-gun-laws/74740388/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/wonkblog/suicide-rates/
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