GUN LAWS IN THE USA
For the past 2 decades, the issue of Americas gun laws has been much discussed, but barley changed, despite mass shootings and the damage the second amendment is doing to the minds of their population. The American population, on average, looses 3.54 people per 100,000 people every year due to firearm homicides. This compares very poorly to the UK’s o.o6 average per 100,00, and even worse to Japanese 0.0 average. How can America hold only 5% of the world 's population and yet contribute to 31% of the world 's mass shootings ?Should Guns be a fundamental human right, or are they doing more damage than good?
Americas gun laws, although seeming reasonable, are causing an arbitrary amount of damage. The Second Amendment ( "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." ), is the reason that no change has been made. Pro-gun Americans often use this as a defence, saying that the very country was built upon this constitution, and that the availability of firearms and the large number of mass/school shootings have no correlation. The one outstanding issue with this argument …show more content…
The matter of contention here is the fact that in the last 30 years, no mass shootings have been interjected by an armed citizen, although this vigilante like scenario seems likely, as in the USA, there are as many guns as there are people. Another rebuttal is That murder happens even in countries with strict gun control laws. De-escalating this statement is simple, because although there is still murder, in Scotland, there has been one recorded school shooting ever and in America, there has been 142 school shootings since 2013 alone. This is clearly an issue in the US and the only way to surely prevent school shootings is to have strict gun
For the past 2 decades, the issue of Americas gun laws has been much discussed, but barley changed, despite mass shootings and the damage the second amendment is doing to the minds of their population. The American population, on average, looses 3.54 people per 100,000 people every year due to firearm homicides. This compares very poorly to the UK’s o.o6 average per 100,00, and even worse to Japanese 0.0 average. How can America hold only 5% of the world 's population and yet contribute to 31% of the world 's mass shootings ?Should Guns be a fundamental human right, or are they doing more damage than good?
Americas gun laws, although seeming reasonable, are causing an arbitrary amount of damage. The Second Amendment ( "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." ), is the reason that no change has been made. Pro-gun Americans often use this as a defence, saying that the very country was built upon this constitution, and that the availability of firearms and the large number of mass/school shootings have no correlation. The one outstanding issue with this argument …show more content…
The matter of contention here is the fact that in the last 30 years, no mass shootings have been interjected by an armed citizen, although this vigilante like scenario seems likely, as in the USA, there are as many guns as there are people. Another rebuttal is That murder happens even in countries with strict gun control laws. De-escalating this statement is simple, because although there is still murder, in Scotland, there has been one recorded school shooting ever and in America, there has been 142 school shootings since 2013 alone. This is clearly an issue in the US and the only way to surely prevent school shootings is to have strict gun