Gun control or firearms regulation is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture sale transfer possession modification or use of firearms by civilians. Most countries have a restrictive firearm guiding policy with only a few legislations being categorized as permissive. Why it so hard to change the gun control in the us? There is no place for them. We have heard very similar sentiments from people here in the U. S. after mass shootings, but it's not nearly as casy to change gun laws in this country. What an assault weapons ban would mean ? The Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act or Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) was a subsection of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 a United States federal law which included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic fireams that were. Gun control refers to any legal measure intended to prevent or restrict the possession or use of guns, particularly firearms. (In a broader historical sense the term also refers to legal limits on the possession or use of other arms including those that predate the invention of gunpowder In most developed countries gun control is strict and uncontroversial. In others it is a fraught political issue pitting those who regard it as necessary for public safety against those who view it as a dangerous infringement of personal liberty. Why is it so hard to change the American gun laws? The US is a Constitutional Republic not a Democracy. This is important later on. First off, there are more guns than people and many Americans agree that guns are an important, necessary, part of self governance and freedom.