Gun Control : Is It Right For The Us?

It appears as though the repetitive and unfortunate tragedies of mass shootings have become incorporated into the everyday life of American culture. We are forced to live in a heightened degree of fear, skepticism, and hesitation concerning our public safety. This phenomenon could reasonably occur in response to the vast ineffectiveness of the country’s current gun laws. Time after time similar misfortunes arise, yet few major changes are implemented to prevent them from reoccurring in the future. We cannot let this trend continue any further. Though some claim that increased gun control is useless and infringes upon the Second Amendment, it limits civilians’ weapons grade, obstructs those deemed unfit to wield such lethal weapons, and insures a greater level of security, thus it should be executed.

Although, in recent years, the USA has seen numerous public shooting sprees, most predominantly the Columbine shootings of 1999, Sandy Hook shootings of 2012 in Connecticut and Virginia Tech killings of 2007. This has called into question the compatibility of the second amendment with modern day society. It is clear that there needs to be some form of restriction on the possession of guns in the US, yet due to the nature of the codified constitution in place, this is extremely difficult to alter, highlighting the rigidity of codified constitutions and the lack of flexibility to update legislation in sync with an ever-changing

The United States is one of the few countries were the right to bear arms is protected by the constitution. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most violent with incidents involving guns this year reaching an estimated 36,212 and an approximate 9,050 deaths (“Gun Violence Archive”). There are an estimated 310 million firearms in households across American, these are only estimates because current gun laws do not require them to be registered or tracked. A more staggering estimate is that most of the guns owned by private citizens are semi-automatic guns, the same type of gun used in almost all mass shootings. While these privately owned guns are legally purchased, many times, they land in the hands of criminals, and owners never report them stolen. Mass shootings and gun crimes are not the only issues with gun violence the one never talked about is suicide, more guns available equals more suicides. The United States is one of the easiest countries to own a gun legally or illegally, stricter gun control laws are necessary.

While Americans were contemplating gun control proposals in the wake of mass shootings at a Colorado School, another gunman massacred 50 people in a club in Orlando. This incident brought heated political exchanges between President Obama and Trump, the Republican presidential candidate. It is estimated that in 2015 alone, there were more than 351 mass shootings in the United States. This is a worrying trend that should be reversed as soon as possible. Surprisingly, the trend has divided Americans into two groups. On one extreme end, there are those Americans who believe that the government should enforce gun control. On the other end, some Americans insist that stricter gun controls will not help in the fight against killings. In this light, this paper will try to provide a detailed analysis of the gun control debate while highlighting the various points made by the proponents and opponents of the gun control. The essay posits that gun control is counterproductive.

“After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn 't do it. I sure as hell wouldn 't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.”

It is impossible to fully stop and prevent tragedies related to gun use or misuse. In the United States, it has been a series of tragedies in recent times that have left everyone perplex to the level of violence. Since the times of the protests in the 1960’s, to the Columbine massacre of 1999, to the very recent massacre at a rural Texas church. This recent incident, several others in past few years, has spark the debate over gun control in the United States. More and more are calling for a complete ban for assault type of weapons, that to include fully automatic and semi –automatic weapons with military attachments and features. In the light of the recent surge of incident

Guns are clearly a major problem in the United States today. In an article on whitehouse.gov, the author, Tanya Somander, remarks that gun violence today has killed almost 4 million people in the last decade alone (Somander).

No issue has dominated America like gun violence. Since the start of 2017 there has been 384 mass shootings in America (Mass Shooting Tracker). These include the horrifying event in Las Vegas, where Stephen Paddock opened fire on a concert from his room at the Mandalay Bay. He ended up killing fifty nine people and injuring around four hundred and fifty people (Mass Shooting Tracker). It also includes the shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas where a gunman entered a church and killed twenty seven people and injured another twenty. Reactions to these types of events are fairly similar. An outcry for background checks and even calls for a ban on all firearms usually follow after these events, and for good reason. The loss of life due to gun violence is becoming all too normal in the United States, but to ban all guns would be ineffective and unethical. This article will show that gun control has not worked in certain places of America and other parts of the world. The article will also describe why it is not a viable solution to ban all guns because it would infringe on the Second Amendment. In addition, the article will also present the opinion of those who think that a ban on all guns is a viable solution. This article will now show examples of gun control not working in the United States and other places of the world.

The gun rights and gun control debate start in 2013, after a lone gunman killed around 27 people, including 20 children, six adults and himself at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. In gun violence and ownership, the US leads the world that is directly correlated to the made in the gun control debate-guns kill people. On the base of study, the American Journal of Public Health stated that people those were homicide victims in the US were around 68% killed with handguns between 1988 and 1997 (Laws.com, 2015).

An ever increasing emphasis on the prevention of mass shootings has presented the option of gun control and bans. Mass shootings have occurred many times throughout history, but have

A shooting here; a shooting there; an every day occurrence heard in the newspapers and on the news channels on television. New media are reporting a shooting somewhere. Whether the shootings are accidental or intentional; they are happening across the United States. Nevertheless, in today’s society, gun violence is sparking debate and controversy on how to control gun violence. Throughout the country, thousands of laws and regulations have been created to aid in the control of guns. Through much study, the gun laws and regulations in place have very little effect on the number of gun related injuries and deaths. More needs to be done to establish an effective way to control gun violence.

There is a tremendous cost that is placed upon citizens with the burden and the issue of gun control. It is stated that American taxpayers are paying roughly $12.8 million every day to cover the costs of gun-related deaths and injuries. The true cost, however, is not fully known, partly because of what is spent by the NRA and other gun rights who have impeded some research related to this issue and partly because of the sheer number of expenses incurred when someone is shot. Taxpayers cover roughly 87% of these costs, which include, but are not limited to the following.

On December 15, 1791, the Second Amendment was adopted as part of the first ten amendments contained in the Bill of Rights. It gives American citizens the right to bear arms. As an effect, the United States is the country that owns the most guns worldwide at an outstanding proportion of 88.8 guns per 100 people in the United States (Shaw n.p.). However, the ease of access to firearms in America comes at a great cost. This cost has been manifested through the millions of deaths caused by guns. In the light of recent mass shootings, one comes to think of ways they could have been prevented and ways that guns can be controlled efficiently. To ensure that guns are in the right hands and as an initiative to prevent mass shootings stricter gun control laws need to be implemented in the form of a more rigorous background check.

The first reason that stricter gun laws should be put in place in America is because more gun control would decrease gun deaths (Should More Gun Control Laws Be Enacted?). Between 1999 and 2003, there were 464,044 gun deaths in America (Should More Gun Control Laws Be Enacted?). David Hemenway, the Injury Control Research Center’s director, said, “Within the

Gun violence has been an issue in the United States for a long time. To address the topic of gun violence, one must understand the statistical data and why gun violence is a big issue. From the Columbine shooting to the recent Las Vegas shooting, this violence is in desperate need of being addressed. In the year 2013, there were 33,636 deaths from a firearm in the U.S., meaning on an average day 95 Americans were killed. Also on average, there are nearly 12,000-gun homicides a year (Gun, 2017). This type of violence leave’s people physically and psychologically impacted for the rest of their lives. This topic is very controversial over gun control or pro-gun rights and the best strategic action to take, but overall nearly everyone in the United States can agree that they want less gun violence. The “CNN” and “New York Times” articles below give solutions on how to resolve gun violence, but both also have types of bias and heuristics.