Gun Control a Societal Necessity
Thirty-two students, faculty, and staff killed at Virginia Tech. Twenty-seven people, including 20 elementary schoolchildren killed in Newtown, Connecticut. Nine people killed during a prayer service at a church in Charleston, South Carolina. Four Marines and one Navy petty officer shot and killed at armed forces recruiting center in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (Berkowitz, Gamio, Lu, Lindeman, & Uhrmacher, 2016). These are the headline stories that make the news about gun violence. There are so many other stories don’t make the headlines of people 's loved one who have either been gunned down or accidently killed with firearms. All these people are someone 's husband or wife, daughter or son, father or mother, brother or sister. They leave family behind struggling to understand their senseless deaths. Stricter common sense gun control laws are needed to reduce gun violence and deaths as well as improve society as a whole. Those opposed to strict gun control hear the call for stricter laws and are ready to cry 2nd Amendment infringement. That is by no means what is proposed here. Adopting common sense gun control laws does not mean taking away any law-abiding citizens ' rights to own a gun. It means introducing …show more content…
According to research published in the Journal of the America Medical Association, the average medical cost per firearm injury is $17,000. In 1994 alone firearm-related injuries produced $ 2.3 billion in lifetime medical costs, of which $1.1 billion was paid by the U.S taxpayer (Cook, Lawrence, Ludwig, & Miller, 1999, p. 447). These figures do not include other costs associated with gunshot injuries. Getting firearms out of the wrong hands and increasing safety measure will also reduce the costs of emergency services and law enforcement. I will also reduce court costs and legal fees. All of which a portion of is paid by the American
Thirty-two students, faculty, and staff killed at Virginia Tech. Twenty-seven people, including 20 elementary schoolchildren killed in Newtown, Connecticut. Nine people killed during a prayer service at a church in Charleston, South Carolina. Four Marines and one Navy petty officer shot and killed at armed forces recruiting center in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (Berkowitz, Gamio, Lu, Lindeman, & Uhrmacher, 2016). These are the headline stories that make the news about gun violence. There are so many other stories don’t make the headlines of people 's loved one who have either been gunned down or accidently killed with firearms. All these people are someone 's husband or wife, daughter or son, father or mother, brother or sister. They leave family behind struggling to understand their senseless deaths. Stricter common sense gun control laws are needed to reduce gun violence and deaths as well as improve society as a whole. Those opposed to strict gun control hear the call for stricter laws and are ready to cry 2nd Amendment infringement. That is by no means what is proposed here. Adopting common sense gun control laws does not mean taking away any law-abiding citizens ' rights to own a gun. It means introducing …show more content…
According to research published in the Journal of the America Medical Association, the average medical cost per firearm injury is $17,000. In 1994 alone firearm-related injuries produced $ 2.3 billion in lifetime medical costs, of which $1.1 billion was paid by the U.S taxpayer (Cook, Lawrence, Ludwig, & Miller, 1999, p. 447). These figures do not include other costs associated with gunshot injuries. Getting firearms out of the wrong hands and increasing safety measure will also reduce the costs of emergency services and law enforcement. I will also reduce court costs and legal fees. All of which a portion of is paid by the American