Background

Guns are not the problem, people are. The government has tried to implement multiple laws regarding guns to decrease the amount of gun violence, but many laws were later considered unconstitutional specifically, the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1994. The Brady Handgun Act tried to enforce a waiting period in order to obtain a handgun and also required background checks on purchasers of handguns. On the other hand, some laws passed years ago still hold true today including the Gun Control Act of 1968. The Gun Control Act, which was a result of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, prohibited mail order sales of rifles and shotguns, increased license requirements that prohibited convicted felons, drug users and mentally incompetent people to own a gun. Chicago is known to have strict gun control laws, but the gun violence in Chicago has not significantly due to the laws. Because the massacres that have affected Americans all over the world, what makes making stricter laws now any different than the laws enforce years before? Strengthening laws concerning gun control laws have not solved the problem in the past and history has proved it, therefore, it will most likely be more beneficial to continue with the current laws rather than promoting new ones today.