Do More Guns Mean More Deaths and Injuries?

Guns serve many purposes in this society today. Mainly to defend, others use it to thier own advantages and uses it for death. Guns are one of the main reasons of the death rates in our society today. Most of them are used for illegal purposes.

"The Brady Center argues that when the civilian population has more access to guns, more teens and children die from gun wounds.   For example, during a year when over 5,000 teens and children died from gun wounds in the USA, in Great Britain, where gun ownership is very restricted, 19 teens and children died from gun wounds.

The Brady Center also argues for laws that promote gun safety, such as requiring child-proof locks on gun triggers.   They have praised Smith and Wesson (gun maker) for starting to make guns with safety features.   The Brady Center asserts that the public good is served by enacting laws that more carefully protect children from access to guns.

The basic reason NRA is against regulation of gun ownership is the belief that each piece of federal regulation will lead to more until finally, gun ownership will be very restricted.   Research findings provided by the NRA conclude that gun ownership results in protection from crime.   They argue that when more people have guns, crime rates are reduced.   They argue that research results provided by the Brady Center and others in favor of gun controls are false or overstated.

The NRA is strongly against Smith and Wesson adding safety features to guns.   The NRA's position is that if gun manufacturers build guns with safety features, then the federal government will start requiring those safety features.   If the federal government requires safety features, that will provide momentum to the federal government for passing more regulations."

Source: http://www.awesomelibrary.org/guncontrol.html