Our Blind Spot About Guns By Nicholas Kristof: Article Analysis

In Nicholas Kristof article, “Our Blind Spot About Guns,” he argues, if we can make cars safer, we should be able to do the same with guns. In the article, Kristof states, “if we had the same auto fatality rate today that we had in the 1921, by my calculations we would have 715,000 Americans dying annually in vehicle (161).” With this being said he is trying to imply that cars use have high death rates, but the government added regulations which lowered the death rate. If we are able to add regulations to the cars we should be able to do it with guns too. Another thing is technology is so advanced that we should be able to use it to help regulate guns. Technology helped make cars safer by being able to make safety precautions like seatbelt and airbags. There should be a way we can use technology to make guns safer. Finally vehicles are a way of life, guns really are not a necessity. Cars help us travel and transport goods and services. Guns are good protection, but other than that they are not really needed. Guns need to be taken more serious, so people can feel safer. …show more content…
Cars use to have high death rates, but when regulations were added to make them safer the rates largely lowered. In the article, Nicholas Kristof says that people usually will bring up the comment, “cars don't kill people, people kill people (161),” which is why regulations were added to to help make driving safer. Some regulations that were added are lowering speed limits, driving age, drinking age, and having to take tests to receive a license. The same comment was made about guns, but still no proper law/action is in order to help make them safer. If it was done with cars, why can’t we do it with