In the United States it is legal to own and carry a gun according the 2nd 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. Anyone can carry a gun around and anyone can buy lethal weapons with ease. CBS a well trusted international news team shows the Americans that the shooter can simply carry lethal weapons on him without any questions asked. http://www.tubechop.com/watch/3706318 (Batman). The argument is that this man got these guns with little effort and others think that this was a rare occasion and that more gun control will not help. Some people think that more gun control would reduce the amount of violence. Christine
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For example, there are those who contend that carrying a gun around is the best way of self defense. Some people say that "The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense”(Cooke). Some think that if you live in an area with a very high crime rate that carrying a gun around will be the difference between life and death. Those who believe gun control will not lower crime rates also allege that more strict background checks would reduce gun violence and mass shootings. Others think that gun control is not ethical and the only things people need to change is the background check, for example Christine Walker a writer on the website Mayors Against Illegal Guns proves that “At Virginia Tech [Virginia, April 16, 2007], a killer got a gun he should have been prohibited from buying because his records were never reported to the FBI 's gun background check system.d”(Updated). School shooters were able to get their guns in which killed dozens of people, and injured several more because the background check wasn 't in the system. In addition, people who adhere to this point of view argue that gun control will not reduce gun violence if anything it will increase the violence. Geer A writer for the American Thinker points out that “Gangs get guns as a result of criminal activity such as burglaries, theft, selling drugs to buy guns on the street, all manner of illegally obtaining guns”(Geer). If we take away gang member’s guns they will commit more crimes to get these
For example, there are those who contend that carrying a gun around is the best way of self defense. Some people say that "The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense”(Cooke). Some think that if you live in an area with a very high crime rate that carrying a gun around will be the difference between life and death. Those who believe gun control will not lower crime rates also allege that more strict background checks would reduce gun violence and mass shootings. Others think that gun control is not ethical and the only things people need to change is the background check, for example Christine Walker a writer on the website Mayors Against Illegal Guns proves that “At Virginia Tech [Virginia, April 16, 2007], a killer got a gun he should have been prohibited from buying because his records were never reported to the FBI 's gun background check system.d”(Updated). School shooters were able to get their guns in which killed dozens of people, and injured several more because the background check wasn 't in the system. In addition, people who adhere to this point of view argue that gun control will not reduce gun violence if anything it will increase the violence. Geer A writer for the American Thinker points out that “Gangs get guns as a result of criminal activity such as burglaries, theft, selling drugs to buy guns on the street, all manner of illegally obtaining guns”(Geer). If we take away gang member’s guns they will commit more crimes to get these