Gun Control

Can someone kindly provide a non-biased, definitive source showing that gun control has a negative effect? All the ones posted here are from NRA or some other obviously biased source with unbacked allegations.

When speaking of the Constitution, try to remember that the entire Bill of Rights was made out of duress to appease the states-rights leaders of the time. Furthermore, the founding fathers probably didn't envision automatic weapons, armor piercing rounds, grenades, et al. Also, just you try to deny thousands of angry and now trained militiamen/farmers the weapons they used to defend their land and use for hunting food.

The 2nd Amendment, along with the outline of the powers of the President, were specifically left vague in order to dodge a lot of immediate problems; Let the future decide how to enforce certain aspects and how to interpret these tenets.

So, without any further remedial civics lessons, I believe that gun control issues are blown out of proportion thanks to the NRA. The NRA refuses to budge on any topic that has any leeway about personal freedom versus obvious danger. Frankly, they have to, because if they accept that one gun is dangerous and should be banned it sets a precedent that will cause a death by degrees.

Adressing what the OP wants, you would be hard pressed to find adequate hard evidence for casual conversation. If you were to cite what other countries condone, whatever you say is weakened by the fact that things intrinsically work different in America.