Gun bans are very simple in theory, but the results are drastic. Removing all guns from American Citizens will have effects on many aspects of life. This simple plan has been proposed countless times by countless politicians will make many people angry and others happy. This is great in theory, but the real life consequences will outweigh the benefits.
There are benefits of banning guns. For example, if all guns were to be banned in the United States, then some of the preventable deaths could have been prevented. For example, a child is left at home and finds a gun in his parents closet. The child accidentally fires the gun and injures himself. This accident would be easily preventable; with the removal of the firearm. The legislators believe that the removal of all guns would decrease the crime rate drastically. Considering that most crimes involve a gun in hand or the person who commits the crime has a gun in hand, this is a logical solution. Those in support of firearms bans argue that having no guns at all in the homes of Americans would make everyone feel safer at home and in public. Banning guns has many benefits, but the criminals would get their guns from an illegal source, such as the black market. Most of the guns used in crimes are bought illegally or stolen anyway, so the ban wouldn't even affect the criminal’s ability to commit a crime. If criminals need a gun, they will get one.
There is a major flaw of the countrywide gun ban; it goes against the second amendment in the constitution. The second amendment gives the people the “right to bear arms” which led to the founding of our country. When we were ruled by a different country that didn't allow us the proper freedoms, the citizens rose up against them with their guns in hand and overthrew the British government during the revolutionary war. That is the reason that the amendment is in the constitution to permit the general population to form a militia. If an average citizen was denied the...