Have you ever wondered what effect the United State's laws, written many years ago, have on its citizens today? Television, magazines, Internet sites and articles all tamper with opinions concerning these debatable laws. When addressing the controversial issue of gun control and whether stronger gun control laws would in actuality reduce the likelihood of violent crimes, you will come across numerous variant views. The Constitution states, in the Second Amendment, that people have the "right to bear arms," but does it likewise give people the right to misuse these "arms"? Should the pros outweigh the cons or the cons outweigh the pros of new or stricter gun control laws?
             With the United States being the "land of the free," why is it that we as United States citizens have to live in fear of gun violence? According to the article "Would New Laws Reduce Gun Violence And Crime?" written by Sean McCollum, "You need only to compare the U.S. with developed countries that have strong gun control laws to see the difference. Their murder rates are only a tiny fraction of ours. As Jeff Muchnick of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence says, "If handguns made people safe, we'd be the safest country in the world." But we are not." Pro-gun control activists believe that handguns are extremely too accessible to the public. They can too easily be placed in a shopping bag held by the hands of the wrong people. "A loophole in current gun control laws allows purchases at gun shows" to occur without the proper background checks of the purchasers, without keeping records or without "finding out if the buyer is qualified or knowledgeable about firearms in any way". All you sometimes need is a simple drivers license showing proof that you are 18 years of age, and most of the time you don't even need that! These simple tasks, no more complicated than getting a drivers license could have already saved 26 students at Columbine from being shot, and 15...