this, we are introducing them to the brutal adult world much earlier than they should be.However, not all guns found on the streets and in homes were legally purchased. Gun availability has been said to be linked with violent crime, in other words, as gun availability increases then so does violent crimes. A study conducted by Lisa Stolzenberg and Stewart DAlessio concludes that an increase in legal firearms in society has no effect on decreasing crime rates. However, they did conclude that as illegal firearms in society increases, so does violent crimes. This is proven by studying youth and gun violence. The only way youths can obtain firearms is illegally by stealing them. The number of stolen guns in an area should influence the frequency with which youth commit crimes with a gun. As the number of stolen guns reported increased, the rate of which youths were arrested for gun-related crimes also rises (Stolzenberg, 1476). The fact that as firearms increase then violent crime increases can also be seen in Kansas City where police conducted a 6 month cracked and seized 29 guns which dropped the gun related crime by 49% (Stolzenberg, 1477). The findings of these studies have important policy implications. Reducing violent crime while recognizing the right of a citizen to own a gun has always been the central challenge facing gun control advocates. Most gun control efforts have been directed at restricting the acquisition of guns or at employing weapon enhancement statutes to deter individuals from committing crimes with guns. The approaches used are based on logic, first by reducing the gun pool you reduce the number of individuals with guns, hence less gun crimes will occurs. The second is individuals are less likely to carry or use a weapon if criminal penalties are severe. Unfortunately, no scientific study has proven a approach that will decrease crime while not inflicting on our second amendment right to bear arms. Future researc...
