4 Reasons Gun Control Can’t Solve America’s Violence Problem These 4 underlying sociological problems, not guns, are the key drivers of American violence. Saturday, April 3, 2021 The gun-control paradigm—the idea that the solution to American violence is more laws restricting guns—is unhelpful. Gun control burdens the free exercise of the constitutionally-protected Second Amendment right to bear arms, so it’s subject to compelling legal challenges and is flatly rejected by many Americans. In addition, the enforcement of stringent gun control invariably inflicts heavy burdens upon ot...