Persuasive Essay Excessive amounts of guns are bad
American citizens are labeled with their obsession to guns, and rightfully so. Guns in the U.S. are currently at a ratio of 88.8 to every 100 citizens (the guardian, ProCon.Org.), adding up to a total of 270,000,000 guns in circulation, suffice for a vast majority of citizens However, this astronomical figure, which to be put in perspective exceeds the quantities found in West Bank/Gaza, Mexico, Pakistan, and Yemen combined, proves to be responsible for many severe issues inflicting the American society including high suicide rates, alarming figures of gun-related accidental injuries and deaths, and flourishing intimate violence. As a direct result of the many guns available, suicide rates
American citizens are labeled with their obsession to guns, and rightfully so. Guns in the U.S. are currently at a ratio of 88.8 to every 100 citizens (the guardian, ProCon.Org.), adding up to a total of 270,000,000 guns in circulation, suffice for a vast majority of citizens However, this astronomical figure, which to be put in perspective exceeds the quantities found in West Bank/Gaza, Mexico, Pakistan, and Yemen combined, proves to be responsible for many severe issues inflicting the American society including high suicide rates, alarming figures of gun-related accidental injuries and deaths, and flourishing intimate violence. As a direct result of the many guns available, suicide rates