Essay On Harsher Gun Laws

“Instead, writers such as The Post’s Charles Krauthammer have shifted to an even starker prescription for the endless procession of mass shootings in the United States: Do nothing,” (DeFilippis and Hughes). Writers now are avoiding all of the mass shootings that have been happening. These authors are criticizing other writers because instead of promoting to do something they are not. Although people have the right to firearms in the United States, there should be harsher gun laws. The laws of the past regarding firearms are not working in the United States today. The United States Constitution allows the possession and being able to obtain firearms ("Constitute"). Throughout history U.S. citizens have been able to obtain weapons relatively …show more content…
If people who get guns have good intentions with them there will will be a decrease in crimes. After Missouri repealed a PTP law back in 2007 it say a fourteen percent increase in the murder rate and sixteen percent in gun-related suicide (DeFilippis and Hughes). When there was a PTP law it only gave people who passed background check firearms. After, it was taken away people who didn’t need them got their hands on them and were able to kill others and were able to commit suicide if they wanted. Additionally, “The study found that the group with misdemeanor convictions who were allowed to obtain guns were two to four times more likely to later be arrested for violent or firearm-related offenses,” (Defilippis and Hughes). This is saying that after a study is done that people who already have committed crimes in the past are way more likely to commit them again compared to people who have a clean record. If there were harsher gun laws that restricted people who had misdemeanors or convictions there would be less crime. To have less crime United states law should put harsher laws to make sure that only people with good intentions are able to obtain