Stricter gun control laws do not effectively prevent mass shootings because individuals with violent or criminal intentions are unlikely to follow gun laws in the first place. Instead, these regulations tend to place additional restrictions on law-abiding citizens, limiting their ability to defend themselves, while criminals continue to obtain weapons illegally. From this perspective, mass shootings are driven more by intent and underlying social or mental health issues than by legal access to firearms, making gun control an ineffective solution to the problem.