Persuasive Gun Control

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Most people don't know how serious of a problem gun violence is in the United States and how gun control will not solve this problem. The goal of gun control is to simply stop gun violence by taking and restricting guns for everyone. However this strategy will not work in American society because there are just too many guns for laws like this to regulate effectively. Also, gun rights are protected by the Second Amendment of the Constitution. However some people think that guns are just a dangerous toy, but they are really a huge part of our American identity and culture. Gun control may seem like the simple solution but all it will do is take away guns from civilians and leaving them in the hands of dangerous criminals.
Politicians have tried to pass gun control laws in the United States since the start of the country but it never has worked. The Gun Control Act of 1968 was made to regulate interstate commerce of all firearms following President Kennedy's assassination. However, it did not take long for people to find a loophole and soon people were importing the guns the law was trying to regulate for “sporting purposes.” This shows that attempts at gun control laws in the past were not effective and they won't be in the future
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Gun control laws are built around to idea that mass shooters will act like rational people before they commit their mass shootings. This is shown when gun control laws make it more complex for people to legally get a gun, increase the price of various guns, and increase jail time for mass shooters. Unfortunately mass shooters are not rational people and therefore they don't care about the price and long term effects of their mass shooting especially suicide is part of the plan for them. So all restricting guns will do is make it harder and more irritating for civilians to obtain a gun legally and not stop criminals from getting a