The first research question that I would have about Colorado gun
laws would be will restricting access to guns going to lower crime rate? My gut
feeling about this question right now would be no. I don’t think that making
guns harder to get will solve anything. I feel like if someone really wants a
gun they will get it no matter what. If they wanted to they would just go steal
a gun then go and use it however they wanted to. So I don’t think the crime
rate will lower I think it could even increase the crime rate. If a criminal has
an illegal gun then if Colorado restricts access to guns the criminal will have
bigger and better guns than just about everybody so what’s stopping them from
stealing and killing anybody they want to. If the criminals believe a lot of
people have guns in an area, and they are willing to defend themselves, they probably
won’t commit a crime there. They will go somewhere where people don’t have as
many guns.
As far as what other
people will think of this question I’m sure there will be people that will
think restricting access to guns will lower crime rates and there will be some
people that will think the opposite of that. There will always be two sides to
a question like this because everybody has their own opinion. I could imagine a
parent that has had a child shot and killed would believe we should restrict
the access of guns. I could see if people love to hunt they wouldn’t want as
many restrictions on guns.
Some of the things
that I would like to find out about this topic would be if there would be any
loop holes in the law that would still make it still as accessible to get guns.
I would also like to find out why some people think restricting guns would
lower crime rates. I feel like by understanding both sides of the question it
would help me become more credible because I would understand the two different
sides of this question and why the people felt the way they did.
