Argumentative Essay: Gun Control Bans In Our Schools

As a hunter, I value my right to own and use firearms. But as a student, those same rights are unsettling. When you’ve been brought up to respect weapons and educated on the proper use of a firearm, it is hard to imagine how or why people do the things they do with guns. It is also hard to take a side on gun control or how we are going to fix this problem. On one hand, stricter gun laws could make it harder to do the thing I love doing. But, on the other hand I would feel safer while trying to receive an education at school. To be honest, guns aren’t going anywhere. With our second amendment rights it will be virtually impossible to get rid of guns in America. Instead of focusing on gun control and attempting to get rid of guns we should …show more content…
This is said in an article written by Katelyn Caralle. She writes that Florida democrat Ted Deutch argued this in an appearance on MSNBC. “ I was listening to what you said before I came on, and if I can just say, this isn’t about gun control. We have to stop talking about that. Ask politicians, ask people who represent their constituents if they support school safety…” The focus should not be on gun bans but rather on securing the safety of our schools. Whether that be arming our teachers as mentioned by North Carolina officials, or putting metal detectors in schools to prevent the guns from coming in, that should be our …show more content…
The cartoon says,” Mentally ill people don’t kill people. Mentally ill people with guns kill people.” Where are the measures being taken to prevent the sale of firearms to mentally ill people? We need stricter background checks and physical evaluations in order to purchase firearms. Though, if a mentally ill person really wanted to commit a crime, they would find other, non-legal ways, to obtain firearms. These background checks and evaluations would help though in the prevention of mentally ill people obtaining firearms but, would not completely solve the