Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Gun Control


Gun control is one of the most difficult issues to deal with in the United States today. Every time someone tries to change gun laws so that they are more strict there is a public outcry. The problem is that every month we hear a story about someone dying in a shooting somewhere in the country. This type of event has because so prevalent that people aren’t even shocked when it happens anymore. Something needs to be done so people stop dying over this issue.!
One of the hardest parts about changing gun laws is that the right to bear arms is included in the bill of rights.Whenever they try to change something people act like they are trying to take guns away from them altogether. People need to become more informed about the issue before they decide that they are against it. As a society we need to look at what they are trying to do and not jump to the conclusion that they are trying to take our guns away, because the longer we wait for laws to change the more people that are affected by gun related violence. !
One of the big arguments against gun control is that guns don’t kill people people kill people. This statement may be true but guns make it a lot easier to kill people. Certain incidents have occurred where a person has gone into an area and attacked people with a different weapon such as a knife. This has been proven to be far less lethal than using a gun so even if people do kill people guns make people a lot more lethal.!
All of the statistics simply support gun control. Australia at one point they were having school shootings and gun related deaths. The public pushed for gun control legislation and it was put through since then they have had zero gun related deaths. People in Australia who were also opposed to gun control found that it was very reasonable after it was passed.This example shows that gun control can work and that it can prevent many deaths every year and that people will learn to accept it.!
Gun control is simply a necessity people are owning guns that they simply shouldn't own and aren’t required to register in many places. Out of the 16,000 violent deaths in 2012 10,000 of the deaths were caused by firearms.We can all prevent deaths of children in schools and innocent bystanders if we just require things that many other countries already require. If you are a responsible adult than you shouldn’t have anything to worry about if you own a gun. Only we can prevent these deaths if we push our congress to pass these laws, only you can save these lives.!

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