Persuasive Essay On Shootings

Recently, shootings have been a great stir of debate among the nation, without a clear consensus on an universal resolution that will satisfy everyone. Many feel we should have greater gun regulation while others believe that we should arm more people to have defense against supposed attackers. What I propose is that we take guns away from everyone, except our militia, as to guarantee safety amongst the citizens, and therefore our militia will only have to worry about foreign attackers or rogue agents.
Around the world, there has been an unusual increase of domestic terrorism, with governments vowing to find solutions, but those mostly being empty promises as they are unsure themselves on what to do. In our government, two large opposing forces …show more content…
I have been the witness of anxiety, seen people get panic attacks, and even have a few transported to hospitals due to how severely they were frightened. With the likeliness of them occurring, it could happen anytime, anywhere. It is important that we regularly practice for such an outcome, but it is a bit embarrassing that even a society of educated individuals, cannot forget its ancestral tendencies of violence. Which also brings up another point to highlight. What is really the point for a regular citizen to have need for gun? Back in history, people may have needed it for game to hunt for wildlife, but now most of our stuff is processed so that can no longer be a reason why we need them. Another might say of danger, but that’s because these weapons fell in the wrong hands, and if we have a police force ready to protect us, why do we need them? Therefore, the only reason we do have them now is because of sport, and this sport has put many more lives in danger than it ever should have. We should not be risking our lives for people can have fun in a shooting gallery because those targets might as well be real people that they kill with every pull of the