What is the Problem Guns or Criminals
... Activists would like to see criminals disarmed, and the random violence to stop. ... While claiming that gun control laws would take guns out of the hands of criminals, they overlook the fact that their efforts would also take the guns our the hands of law-abiding citizens also. For the reason of punishing law-abiding citizens the efforts of gun control do not address the real problem of guns. One principle that both sides of the gun control debate agree on is that criminals should not own guns, but the two sides do not agree on how, or even if, this goal can be achieved. ... These countries require that guns be registered, that gun owners be licensed, and that guns be stored and transported with utmost security. ... Also required are comprehensive background checks of individuals seeking to purchase guns, including any history of criminality or mental incapacity. ... Gun control advocates also say that further legislation is necessary to close various “loopholes” in the Brady Law that enable criminals to buy guns. ... It is further argued that even if the “gun show loophole” is closed through further legislation, criminals will still have easy access to the millions of guns that are already on the black market (Bipartisan). ... Gun control activists seem to be slowly coming to terms with the fact that the United States will not soon have a gun control system as restrictive as other countries’, and a segment of gun rights activists are reluctantly conceding that background checks, while not a cure-all, may stop at least some criminals from getting guns.