Gun Crime

“We Can’t Afford the True Cost of Gun Crime” One of the biggest issues in America today is gun violence and gun control, but nothing is being done to solve these complications. In the article, We Can’t Afford the True Cost of Gun Crime, Petuila Dvorak views gun violence and gun control as an economical problem. Dvorak estimates the cost of shootings from damages, and who has to pay for these things.She sees gun violence as a public health issue. She also mentions that the Founding Fathers included the second amendment in the Constitution so they could protect themselves against the British Army not for inexperienced children. Before I read the article I viewed gun violence as a problem but now I see it as an economical issue also. I completely agree with the views of the article,We Can’t Afford the True Cost of Gun . If many Americans will not acknowledge shootings because they do not affect them personally, but this article connects the everyone who pays taxes to the situation. “What does allowing a mentally ill young man to legally buy two guns and arsenal of magazines cost the rest of us in dollar terms? About $48.2 million… through legal bills, university staffing costs, police costs, hospital bills, and even autopsy receipts that kept piling up long after the candlelight vigils ended. That $48.2 million tab for the …show more content…
I think it it kind of brilliant the way she “forgets all the sad stuff” (4 Dvorak) to make the audience feel guilty. Then she gives facts and figures to like the estimated cost of the shootings at Virginia Tech to show the importance of gun control. I would also like to ask her specific views on what gun law, like how to obtain guns, should be in the United States. We share many of the same views in this article so I would like to know more about what she