ProCon.org    3      Second Amendment

• individual right
• gun ownership is an American tradition
• more gun control laws would infringe upon the right to bear arms 

ProCon.org      4      Gun Control Does Not Deter Crime

• In 2013, a study found that between 1980 and 2009, assault weapons bans did not significantly affect murder rates at the state level
• gun ownership doubled in the twentieth century, and murder rate decreased

ProCon.org     5     Self Defense

• guns are used for self-defense 2.5 million times a year; police cannot protect everyone all of the time
• stricter gun laws would make it more difficult for people to protect their families and their homes

ProCon.org      7    Hunting and Sport

• In 2011, there were 13.7 million hunters who spent $7.7 billions on guns, sights, ammunition, and other hunting equipment
• According to a Feb. 2013 research, 32% of gun owners owned guns for hunting and 7% owned guns for target or sports shooting

ProCon.org     8    Will NOT Prevent Criminals

• Of 62 mass shootings in the U.S. between 1982 and 2012, 49 of the shooters used legally obtained guns
• Criminals are not going to abide by the law anyway      

ProCon.org    9    Too Much Government Control

• 57% of people said that gun control laws would give too much power to the government over the people
• The Second Amendment is not there for hunting, it's there for people to protect their families from street thugs and criminals

ProCon.org    11     Few People are Killed By Guns

• Americans are more likely to die from heart disease, tumors, diabetes, and Alzheimer's rather than a firearm
• Firearms were the 12th leading cause of deaths between 1999 and 2013

ProCon.org       12    Education about gun safety is needed

• More gun control is not needed, but safety is
• "guns do not kill people, people kill people"
• According to Kyle Wintersteen, "children taught about firearms and their uses by family members have much lower rates of delinquency than children in households without guns."

ProCon.org     14     Gun control is racist

• laws are currently aimed at inner city, poor, black communties who are looked at as more dangerous than white gun owners

ProCon.org     18       Proved Ineffective

• "there is no correlation between waiting periods and murder or robbery rates"
• banning high-capacity magazines will not necessarily deter crime because even small gun magazines can be changed in seconds