Does Gun Control reduce Crime?

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Does Gun Control Reduce Crime?
Homicide is rated as the second leading cause of death for the young people whereby most murders are reported to be committed with hand guns. It is important to reduce gun violence for the sake of families and children since they are the most affected. In the United States most of the youths between the ages of 10 and 19 years old die as a result of homicide especially the black males of this age. However, gun control is a mechanism that is implemented to reduce circulation of guns in society since it is perceived that a high ownership of guns in a state increases the crime rate. In addition, the issue of gun control has been argued over time now whereby lobbies has taken sides on this matter some arguing against while others purporting this matter. Arguably, gun control does not deter crime.
Evidently, gun control mechanism if imposed it will only reduce “gun murders” but it will not reduce murders in general nor other crimes such as stealing or mugging. However, even if the mechanism is implemented during a particular given time, the rate of murder will not decrease whatsoever. On contrary, handguns have been commonly used to commit crimes and murders and when their circulation increase in a given state, criminals acquire them easily and eventually use them to commit crimes. On the other hand, guns are not the reason criminals commit crime, even after th…