Gun control has been a controversial issue for years. A vast majority of citizens believe that if gun control is strictly enforced it would quickly reduce the threat of crime. Many innocent people feel they have the right to bear arms for protection, but if there are no guns then people would not need the protection. Also some people use guns for hunting, but killing animals with a gun is not how the Indians did it years ago. They actually had to try harder to kill a deer, using there heads as their gun. Unlike today's hunters who are looking through a sight scope waiting for the right time to pull the trigger. .
On July 19, 1999 California Governor Gray Davis signed two of the toughest gun laws in the country: the nation's strongest ban on assault weapons and ammunition magazines and a measure to stop gun traffickers by limiting gun buyers to no more than one handgun per month. Every day in America, 13 young people aged 19 and under are killed in gun homicides, suicides and unintentional shootings and many more are wounded. The curse of gun violence frequently attacks the most helpless members of our society, the children. Children can be their own worst enemy, especially when a handgun is involved. Only 16 states have any sort of Child Access Prevention law. In most states there are no laws requiring proper storage of firearms. Loaded, unlocked guns present an irresistible temptation to curious children. Guns kept in the home for self-protection are 43 times more likely to kill a family member or friend than to kill in self-defense. The presence of a gun in the home triples the risk of homicide in the home.
Controlling the sale and distribution of firearms is necessary because of the homicide rate involving guns. In 1988 there were 9000 handgun related murders in America. Metropolitan centers and some suburban communities of America are setting new records for homicides by handguns.
