Throughout the years, guns have provided us with the opportunities for peace, freedom, and protection. However, the opposite is also true, when the use of guns results in death, crime, and civil unrest. Guns in the hands of the right people establish a foundation in society in which rules must be followed. But, when the rules are broken the use of guns can result in the unjustifiable death of an individual. Today, we now have the issue of gun violence. We try to curb gun violence by utilizing gun control. Gun control is “laws that control how guns are sold and used and who can own them (Merriam-Webster 2013).” “In the United States alone, an average of 100,000 people are shot yearly. This comes out to about 289 people a day of which, 86 of
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The reason why it best describes it is because whenever you bring up the topic of gun control or gun violence with someone else, it is almost always guaranteed that you will be opening up a Pandora’s Box. This is because no matter who you encounter, you will always find someone else who has different ideas from you. The problem with the topic of gun control and gun violence is it will always be a touchy and debatable and that they play hand-in-hand with one another (basically, if you bring up gun control, then you are going to have gun violence come up and if you talk about gun violence, then gun control will come up). This is because individuals either belong in one of two extremes for their ideas or are somewhere in the middle and all these individuals are fighting for control and want their ideals in place. On one side, you have those who don’t want any laws or regulations on guns and believe in the 2nd Amendment in the Bill of Right which allows us the right to bare arms. On the other side, you have those who want more regulations and laws to basically make them unattainable to the public and believe guns are nothing but trouble. Then, you have those who are in the middle who don’t want guns to be completely unregulated but want some regulations to make sure that they don’t get into the wrong hands. Most of us will lie somewhere in the middle and this is also where the problem also lies. We as a society are always debating and trying to determine a set of laws, regulations, or standards for guns in which all parties will be able to live
The reason why it best describes it is because whenever you bring up the topic of gun control or gun violence with someone else, it is almost always guaranteed that you will be opening up a Pandora’s Box. This is because no matter who you encounter, you will always find someone else who has different ideas from you. The problem with the topic of gun control and gun violence is it will always be a touchy and debatable and that they play hand-in-hand with one another (basically, if you bring up gun control, then you are going to have gun violence come up and if you talk about gun violence, then gun control will come up). This is because individuals either belong in one of two extremes for their ideas or are somewhere in the middle and all these individuals are fighting for control and want their ideals in place. On one side, you have those who don’t want any laws or regulations on guns and believe in the 2nd Amendment in the Bill of Right which allows us the right to bare arms. On the other side, you have those who want more regulations and laws to basically make them unattainable to the public and believe guns are nothing but trouble. Then, you have those who are in the middle who don’t want guns to be completely unregulated but want some regulations to make sure that they don’t get into the wrong hands. Most of us will lie somewhere in the middle and this is also where the problem also lies. We as a society are always debating and trying to determine a set of laws, regulations, or standards for guns in which all parties will be able to live