In urban areas where gun control laws are meant to protect the populace, the people doing most of the controlling are the perpetrators, those who own the guns. While the idea of taking away the weapons from the perpetrators sounds like a good idea, the simple fact is that states who enforce strict gun control laws are usually the states that place on the most dangerous cities lists year after year. Case in point, Washington D.C. The United States capitol is constantly listed as a vicinity where crime abounds, yet strict gun control laws are in effect.
More safe?
If gun control laws were as effective as they are touted to be, then the states that enact those strict laws would benefit greatly from the alleged good that comes from drafting such laws. However, the states that enforce those laws suffer the opposite of the intended effect. The states that have the strictest gun control laws are exactly those that are constant mainstays on the Most Dangerous Cities in the United States lists year in and year out. If protection of the people was the object of the strict gun control laws, then the laws have failed. Yet nothing is done to correct the situation, to have safer cities. It almost seems like the laws provide nothing except a cover up of sorts. Lawmakers boast about the laws they’ve enacted, yet the effectiveness of the laws enacted are not called into question. They just don’t take into account that the people pulling the trigger are what makes the cities dangerous.
