How To Reduce Gun Violence In America

The government should take action to reduce gun violence in America by having stricter gun laws. Gun violence has gotten out of control throughout the years and something should to be done about it considering the thousands who have a gun-related death. Purchasing a gun isn’t difficult at all which is dangerous and potentially detrimental to others. Citizens of America should be able to protect themselves. However, we’ve seen repeatedly what happens when a gun gets into the hands of the wrong person. People who are angry, mentally ill, and are a threat to themselves and others have taken innocent lives because someone sold them a gun. If America had stricter gun laws, and background checks instead of hiding behind the Second Amendment, we could …show more content…
In December of 2012, 20 first-graders and six adults were murdered in cold blood at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut. If anyone can walk into an elementary school and murder innocent children then gun laws should definitely be stricter. The result of the massacre led to angry citizens and protesters all around. In January of 2013, a couple thousand people made their way to Connecticut’s statehouse for a public hearing. According to Barbara Mantel’s article, “Gun Control” people who advocated for their gun rights wore round yellow stickers with the phrase “Another Responsible Gun Owner,” and people who have had enough and supported gun control wore green ribbons. Some of the parents whose children were killed also joined. A parent whose 6 year-old was killed in the mass shooting seemed like he was advocating for gun rights after all the tragedy that had just occurred. He said, “I believe in a few simple gun laws. I think we have more than enough on the books.” That afternoon of the shooting, President Obama said that America is going to have to come together to prevent …show more content…
On the show it means the characters need to be able to utilize and control a firearm because zombies only respond to a bullet in their brain. Rick has taught many of the characters how to operate a firearm including his young son, Carl who has definitely been put to the test as well as his shooting skills. Throughout the series, the viewers have seen rifles, handguns, semiautomatics, and automatic weapons. The characters use these weapons in order to fend for themselves and their “family.” A knife may help when there is only a couple of walkers but it is not going to help when there is a herd of walkers surrounding them or another group that is coming after them such as the Governor and his soldiers. So the use of guns is important in every episode because of the scenarios that they are put