There is no set value one can put on a life. Gun violence is a disease that has plagued America for several decades. There needs to be an established set of rules and sanctions to diminish the growing amount of gun related violence in America, ultimately exterminating the problem entirely. There is going to be a proposal as to why guns need to be restricted/banned to reduce gun violence using detailed evidence, including but not limited to: gun laws, gun crime, and gun control.
First, gun crimes are an unavoidable prevalence in present-day America.
Consequently, one cannot watch the news or look at social media without spotting a story of an individual being gunned down. “Of the more than 400,000 people who died of gun violence from 2001 to …show more content…
By making ownership of the handgun illegal, you’re taking away more than 50% of all guns owned. If handguns, being used most often in gun crimes, is taken away, then gun violence both self-inflicted and otherwise, will be drastically reduced. “In the wake of the [1996 Australian Port Arthur] massacre, the conservative federal government succeeded in implementing tough new gun control laws throughout the country” (Donohue). If the American government were to follow in the footsteps of Australia, there would be much resistance and government officials would be under fire for an impermanent amount of time, but the people would eventually simmer down to take a look at the long term effects of such actions. The Australian government imposed a gun buy back that cut down gun possession after banning a number of different firearms. “Today, support for the safer, gun restricted Australia is so strong that going back would not be tolerated by the public” (Donohue).It will definitely take time for our population to get used to a gun-free America. It may even take generations, but looking at the bigger picture, its difficult to perceive why it wouldn’t be a successful system.To sum it up, gun control in America would prove to be a difficult task to achieve, but not impossible or unobtainable, by any
First, gun crimes are an unavoidable prevalence in present-day America.
Consequently, one cannot watch the news or look at social media without spotting a story of an individual being gunned down. “Of the more than 400,000 people who died of gun violence from 2001 to …show more content…
By making ownership of the handgun illegal, you’re taking away more than 50% of all guns owned. If handguns, being used most often in gun crimes, is taken away, then gun violence both self-inflicted and otherwise, will be drastically reduced. “In the wake of the [1996 Australian Port Arthur] massacre, the conservative federal government succeeded in implementing tough new gun control laws throughout the country” (Donohue). If the American government were to follow in the footsteps of Australia, there would be much resistance and government officials would be under fire for an impermanent amount of time, but the people would eventually simmer down to take a look at the long term effects of such actions. The Australian government imposed a gun buy back that cut down gun possession after banning a number of different firearms. “Today, support for the safer, gun restricted Australia is so strong that going back would not be tolerated by the public” (Donohue).It will definitely take time for our population to get used to a gun-free America. It may even take generations, but looking at the bigger picture, its difficult to perceive why it wouldn’t be a successful system.To sum it up, gun control in America would prove to be a difficult task to achieve, but not impossible or unobtainable, by any