Did you know that 116,255 people are shot in the U.S. every year from attacks or suicide? 35,141 people die and 81,114 are injured. Through the examples of school shootings, mass shootings, and outdated laws, a reader will see that guns MUST be outlawed in the U.S.
School shootings are one main reason that gun laws need to change. On Wednesday, February 14th at 2:21 PM Nikolas Kruz took out is AR-15 and open fired on high school students in Parkland, Florida. He killed 17 people. These were people who were living a normal school life. Because you are allowed guns these kids innocence is taken away. If you are worried about getting shot at school then where can you be safe? High school students are beginning to speak out about gun laws. …show more content…
one mass shooting happens a day on average. This number needs to change. In 2017, in Las Vegas, Stephen Paddock broke the window of his hotel and open fired on a country music concert. He injured over 500 people and killed 59. It is the worst shooting in the history of America. He had a total of forty guns, thirty-three of which were in his hotel room. He bought all of these guns legally and had a legal rifle extension. The police cannot track who he bought these guns from because you do not have to take a background check. Why have we not seen this coming? You can just open fire on anybody in the States and anybody can do it. It's just too easy. Florida doesn't require fingerprints, a special permit, or any waiting period to buy a gun. This is common in some parts of the U.S. where you can walk into a store and walk out with a semi-automatic gun in your hand in minutes. In Virginia, you can buy a semi-automatic gun in 15 minutes. Roanoke Firearms, which is where Seung-Hui Cho, who killed 32 in a shooting on Virginia Tech's campus, bought a Glock after passing two background checks. It took a reporter from a newspaper seven minutes to buy an AR-15, the semi-automatic gun used in many of the U.S. deadliest mass shootings. But gun buyers don't have to go through a background check when they make a purchase at a gun show. Most Americans live somewhere near a gun show. The web site www.gunshows-usa.com has 29 gun shows scheduled for this coming weekend, from Las …show more content…
is extremely outdated laws. In 1775 the thirteen colonies of the U.S. were extremely unhappy with the British policies and declared their independence. This led to the American Revolution, in which the newly formed United States of America defeated the British and made them leave the United States. This is the foundation of gun laws. Guns are legal in the U.S. so that they can overthrow their government if they need to because the thirteen colonies needed to and they did because they had guns. This is completely absurd. The United States is literally spending 886 billion this year on their military effort. How do you think you are going to overthrow a government military that has a net worth of 78 trillion. The government has nuclear weapons, fighter jets, tanks and much more against a semi-automatic weapon. What are they thinking? But one thing to remember is that in the law that was passed about the right to bear arms is it specifically states that no Congress can change this law. Obama tried very hard to change this but it was not changed. And with Mr. Trump in office, it doesn't look like it is going to change soon even though it must change, and soon. After every mass shooting or school shooting there is an outcry for change but it never happens. This needs to change. The U.S. needs to vote out people influenced by the NRA (National Rifle Association) and vote in people that actually care about their people and
School shootings are one main reason that gun laws need to change. On Wednesday, February 14th at 2:21 PM Nikolas Kruz took out is AR-15 and open fired on high school students in Parkland, Florida. He killed 17 people. These were people who were living a normal school life. Because you are allowed guns these kids innocence is taken away. If you are worried about getting shot at school then where can you be safe? High school students are beginning to speak out about gun laws. …show more content…
one mass shooting happens a day on average. This number needs to change. In 2017, in Las Vegas, Stephen Paddock broke the window of his hotel and open fired on a country music concert. He injured over 500 people and killed 59. It is the worst shooting in the history of America. He had a total of forty guns, thirty-three of which were in his hotel room. He bought all of these guns legally and had a legal rifle extension. The police cannot track who he bought these guns from because you do not have to take a background check. Why have we not seen this coming? You can just open fire on anybody in the States and anybody can do it. It's just too easy. Florida doesn't require fingerprints, a special permit, or any waiting period to buy a gun. This is common in some parts of the U.S. where you can walk into a store and walk out with a semi-automatic gun in your hand in minutes. In Virginia, you can buy a semi-automatic gun in 15 minutes. Roanoke Firearms, which is where Seung-Hui Cho, who killed 32 in a shooting on Virginia Tech's campus, bought a Glock after passing two background checks. It took a reporter from a newspaper seven minutes to buy an AR-15, the semi-automatic gun used in many of the U.S. deadliest mass shootings. But gun buyers don't have to go through a background check when they make a purchase at a gun show. Most Americans live somewhere near a gun show. The web site www.gunshows-usa.com has 29 gun shows scheduled for this coming weekend, from Las …show more content…
is extremely outdated laws. In 1775 the thirteen colonies of the U.S. were extremely unhappy with the British policies and declared their independence. This led to the American Revolution, in which the newly formed United States of America defeated the British and made them leave the United States. This is the foundation of gun laws. Guns are legal in the U.S. so that they can overthrow their government if they need to because the thirteen colonies needed to and they did because they had guns. This is completely absurd. The United States is literally spending 886 billion this year on their military effort. How do you think you are going to overthrow a government military that has a net worth of 78 trillion. The government has nuclear weapons, fighter jets, tanks and much more against a semi-automatic weapon. What are they thinking? But one thing to remember is that in the law that was passed about the right to bear arms is it specifically states that no Congress can change this law. Obama tried very hard to change this but it was not changed. And with Mr. Trump in office, it doesn't look like it is going to change soon even though it must change, and soon. After every mass shooting or school shooting there is an outcry for change but it never happens. This needs to change. The U.S. needs to vote out people influenced by the NRA (National Rifle Association) and vote in people that actually care about their people and