Every time there is a massive, gun related incident, the country divides into two between the people that want stricter gun control laws and the people that think there should be less stringent gun control laws. As a nation, we need to ask ourselves why other countries have far less mass shootings and gun related deaths than our own. The answer is because we have a complex gun problem that other countries have already figured out how to control. The biggest problem in America is that, as a whole, we refuse to admit that there even is a gun problem. If we cannot accept that there are major flaws in our system, than we will not be able to accept the solutions to fix them. To help prevent future mass shootings in America, our nation has to realize
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has the highest number of privately owned guns, by far. It has been estimated that the number of civilian-owned firearms in our nation was 88.8 guns per 100 people. This means that there is almost one privately owned gun per American, and even more than one for every adult here. The next highest country was drastically lower and only had 54.8 guns per 100 people. Unfortunately, it would make sense that the U.S. has the highest rate of global shooters, because we own nearly 42% of all the world’s privately held firearms.(“The Solutions Aren’t a Big Mystery” 1). Due to the fact that there are so many guns out in the streets of our nation, it makes it easier for guns to be accessible to almost anyone. Based on shocking statistics and extensive research, it is evident that homicides by gun and firearm ownership are closely related. A study done by Harvard School of Public Health’s Injury Control Research Center, demonstrates pretty clear that, after controlling for variables such as socioeconomic factors and other crime, places with more guns have more gun deaths. It is not morally right to keep hearing about how much worse America’s gun laws and gun-related deaths are than in other countries, and still not do anything to make it better. Our nation keeps seeing or hearing about or even experiencing mass shootings, yet there has not been any major changes to our federal and state laws. Why do we continue to let our children, spouses, friends, or loved ones get killed by people who should not even be allowed to have guns in the first place? Our government needs to start incorporating more stringent gun control laws, or everyone we love and care about could just become another death statistic in a gun-related
has the highest number of privately owned guns, by far. It has been estimated that the number of civilian-owned firearms in our nation was 88.8 guns per 100 people. This means that there is almost one privately owned gun per American, and even more than one for every adult here. The next highest country was drastically lower and only had 54.8 guns per 100 people. Unfortunately, it would make sense that the U.S. has the highest rate of global shooters, because we own nearly 42% of all the world’s privately held firearms.(“The Solutions Aren’t a Big Mystery” 1). Due to the fact that there are so many guns out in the streets of our nation, it makes it easier for guns to be accessible to almost anyone. Based on shocking statistics and extensive research, it is evident that homicides by gun and firearm ownership are closely related. A study done by Harvard School of Public Health’s Injury Control Research Center, demonstrates pretty clear that, after controlling for variables such as socioeconomic factors and other crime, places with more guns have more gun deaths. It is not morally right to keep hearing about how much worse America’s gun laws and gun-related deaths are than in other countries, and still not do anything to make it better. Our nation keeps seeing or hearing about or even experiencing mass shootings, yet there has not been any major changes to our federal and state laws. Why do we continue to let our children, spouses, friends, or loved ones get killed by people who should not even be allowed to have guns in the first place? Our government needs to start incorporating more stringent gun control laws, or everyone we love and care about could just become another death statistic in a gun-related