Negative Effects of Guns
Guns are one of the main causes of crimes and death. In the United States in 2008, there were roughly about 16,272 murders. About 10,886 or sixty-seven percent were committed using guns. Roughly 5,340,000 violent crimes were committed in the United States during 2008. These include simple/aggravated assaults, robberies, sexual assaults, rapes, and murders. Of these, about 436,000 or 8% were committed by offenders visibly armed with a gun.