Why Do You Have A Gun?

Imagine you are walking down the street and see a woman running out of a store screaming for help. She claims that the store has been robbed and a child has been shot. Immediately you run into the store to see what has happened. The woman that you just saw is holding the young child crying and screaming “why?” You ask the store clerk what happened and he said a middle age man came into store with a sawed-off shotgun demanding all the money. The little boy walked around the counter and surprised the robber. The robber turned to the boy and shot. As you are watching the news that night you see the story of the death of a five-year-old child shot and killed by an ex-convict, and then you wonder, how is it possible that an ex-convict even has a gun? …show more content…
On Christmas day Maleah Williams was in her mother’s arms instead of opening her Christmas presents; she was killed in a drive by shooting that morning (The Washington Post, 2015). The Washington Post later states that Maleah Williams was only one out of 700 children under the age of 12 years killed by a gun in 2015 in the United States (2015). I ask myself, “How would tighter requirements on gun control have benefitted these people? Why are so many people opposed to tighter controls on gun purchases? Shouldn’t there be more restrictions regarding who and what type of weapons can be purchased by the general public?” In Williamson’s article he states that Washington DC’s low murder rate is credited to strict gun control, while Arlington Virginia’s high murder rate is due to the lack of gun control (2015). To me, gun control is an obvious must. Gun laws must be written to make it tougher for criminals and the mentally challenged from purchasing and owning