Amya Vo
Ms. Ray
Honors Junior English
1/5/16
Thousands of Americans die every year with the use of guns. Therefore, more gun control laws are necessary for the safety of our country. There have been so many examples of how deadly and unpredictable guns and gun owners can be and Americans need to act now to change this. The future and safety of our country is in critical condition because of the lack of stricter gun control laws. Statistics show that for every 100 people in the United States, there are approximately 88.8 guns owned (ProCon). When every single gun owned in the United States is accounted for, that totals to about 270,000,000 guns. Meaning that 22% of American citizens own at least one gun, 35% of men and 12% of women. That …show more content…
Statistically in places where guns are more accessible, more gun deaths occur (Listverse). This has proven to be true in the states as well as in 26 countries (Listverse). For example, a study was conducted in 2016 that showed that the gun homicide rates as well as the gun suicide rates were much higher in the United States than they were in other high-income, developed countries (ProCon). Gun homicides are approximately 25.3 times higher in the United States and gun suicides are about 8 times higher than in other developed countries in 2010. Out of all of the people killed by firearms 82 percent of them were from the United States. This means that 90 percent of women, 91 percent of people ages 0-14, and 92 percent of people ages 15-24 who were killed by guns in 2016 were all from the United States in 2010 …show more content…
shouldn’t make more gun laws is that criminals won’t follow the law anyways (LATimes). But that’s like saying the U.S. should have no laws at all because criminals aren’t going to follow them. But there is actually clear evidence that criminal behavior is in fact influenced by laws. One study taken place over the past 20 years has shown that bomb use among terrorists has substantially decreased. The reason for this decrease is thought to be because since 1995, the federal legislation has made it more difficult for people to get their hands on the major ingredients that are needed in order to create bombs. The federal legislation has also made it so that law enforcement can monitor purchases of bomb making ingredients much easier. Since it’s harder to obtain the ingredients needed to make bombs, terrorists rarely can make or use bombs. Therefore, making guns harder to obtain will most likely make gun injuries and deaths decrease in the same way
Ms. Ray
Honors Junior English
1/5/16
Thousands of Americans die every year with the use of guns. Therefore, more gun control laws are necessary for the safety of our country. There have been so many examples of how deadly and unpredictable guns and gun owners can be and Americans need to act now to change this. The future and safety of our country is in critical condition because of the lack of stricter gun control laws. Statistics show that for every 100 people in the United States, there are approximately 88.8 guns owned (ProCon). When every single gun owned in the United States is accounted for, that totals to about 270,000,000 guns. Meaning that 22% of American citizens own at least one gun, 35% of men and 12% of women. That …show more content…
Statistically in places where guns are more accessible, more gun deaths occur (Listverse). This has proven to be true in the states as well as in 26 countries (Listverse). For example, a study was conducted in 2016 that showed that the gun homicide rates as well as the gun suicide rates were much higher in the United States than they were in other high-income, developed countries (ProCon). Gun homicides are approximately 25.3 times higher in the United States and gun suicides are about 8 times higher than in other developed countries in 2010. Out of all of the people killed by firearms 82 percent of them were from the United States. This means that 90 percent of women, 91 percent of people ages 0-14, and 92 percent of people ages 15-24 who were killed by guns in 2016 were all from the United States in 2010 …show more content…
shouldn’t make more gun laws is that criminals won’t follow the law anyways (LATimes). But that’s like saying the U.S. should have no laws at all because criminals aren’t going to follow them. But there is actually clear evidence that criminal behavior is in fact influenced by laws. One study taken place over the past 20 years has shown that bomb use among terrorists has substantially decreased. The reason for this decrease is thought to be because since 1995, the federal legislation has made it more difficult for people to get their hands on the major ingredients that are needed in order to create bombs. The federal legislation has also made it so that law enforcement can monitor purchases of bomb making ingredients much easier. Since it’s harder to obtain the ingredients needed to make bombs, terrorists rarely can make or use bombs. Therefore, making guns harder to obtain will most likely make gun injuries and deaths decrease in the same way