The Out of Control lack of Gun Control
Senseless murders, school massacres, mass shootings, these things have become everyday norms to American citizens, and while gun violence is a world wide problem, its’ effects are amplified in the United States of America.
The American infatuation with firearms goes back to the Constitutional Convention, where our founding fathers deemed the right to own firearms so important that they put it as the second amendment in the US constitution (Words with positive connotation). However, this constitutional right has made the United States a firearm nation, captivated with all things gun related. Americans feel so strongly about their right to own guns that when the topic of gun control is broached, even the …show more content…
For every 100,000 people in America, 29.7 die due to gun violence. This may not seem exorbitantly high, but compared to other countries it is downright outrageous. The number of gun related deaths per 100,000 people in Canada is only 5.1, over 5 times less than the United States, and this number is drastically smaller in England and Wales, at only .7, almost 42 and a half times smaller than in the United States.
The effects of gun violence on the American economy are almost as drastic as they are on the American society. According to a 2015 motherjones.com article, the total direct and indirect cost of gun violence in the United States of America is 229 billion dollars, just jail costs alone for citizens charged with gun crimes is 5.2 billion dollars! This 229 billion dollars comes out to 700 dollars per citizen in the USA.
Now many people argue that guns are not a bad thing at all, and are in fact helpful to society. They say things such as “the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun”. They even say things like “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” or my personal favorite “Gun control won’t prevent criminals from getting guns” Although these all seem factual in theory; there is evidence to point to the contrary (Complex
Senseless murders, school massacres, mass shootings, these things have become everyday norms to American citizens, and while gun violence is a world wide problem, its’ effects are amplified in the United States of America.
The American infatuation with firearms goes back to the Constitutional Convention, where our founding fathers deemed the right to own firearms so important that they put it as the second amendment in the US constitution (Words with positive connotation). However, this constitutional right has made the United States a firearm nation, captivated with all things gun related. Americans feel so strongly about their right to own guns that when the topic of gun control is broached, even the …show more content…
For every 100,000 people in America, 29.7 die due to gun violence. This may not seem exorbitantly high, but compared to other countries it is downright outrageous. The number of gun related deaths per 100,000 people in Canada is only 5.1, over 5 times less than the United States, and this number is drastically smaller in England and Wales, at only .7, almost 42 and a half times smaller than in the United States.
The effects of gun violence on the American economy are almost as drastic as they are on the American society. According to a 2015 motherjones.com article, the total direct and indirect cost of gun violence in the United States of America is 229 billion dollars, just jail costs alone for citizens charged with gun crimes is 5.2 billion dollars! This 229 billion dollars comes out to 700 dollars per citizen in the USA.
Now many people argue that guns are not a bad thing at all, and are in fact helpful to society. They say things such as “the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun”. They even say things like “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” or my personal favorite “Gun control won’t prevent criminals from getting guns” Although these all seem factual in theory; there is evidence to point to the contrary (Complex