Do you believe Guns cause violence? Guns are the leading cause of death among young people in the united states, and are involved in about 460,000 crimes per year. Sandy hook, Pulse night club, or any other mass shooting would not happen if there were stricter gun laws. There needs to be a change and it must happen soon or more people are going to get hurt.
I say this not to sound like some peace-making hippy, but because banning guns urgently needs to become an extreme possibility. The conversation needs to shift from its ok to have a firearm, to we need to stop all the violence happening in our country. The United States is by far the world leader in the number of guns in the people’s hands. The stricter gun laws of other richer countries …show more content…
In some situations, you might need a firearm to protect you from a dangerous person or animal. People also say that “guns don’t kill people, people do”, but if you take the gun out of the equation they have nothing to shoot with. The second amendment also states that we have the right to bear arms, but these days’ guns are being used in criminal activities or to hurt somebody, they are a sickness in society and can ruin lives. Many people are living life frightened knowing the amount of trauma a gun can cause and just knowing that they are legal to carry around is crazy. Mass shootings are just becoming a regular thing on the news and it is terrible to hear about all the innocent people dying due to gun violence in these mass shootings and crimes so often. When all we must do is create a structure or plan to keep guns out of the wrong person’s hands so they don’t make a stupid choice to use the gun to cause harm in society. According to a survey in 2013, 46% of people say that they buy firearms for protection, in 1996 the same survey was done and 26% of people said they buy firearms for protection, since than the crime rate has increased considerably. The risks of owning a gun and keeping it in your house are suicides, accidental shootings, and domestic violence. About 3 million people have died due to gunshot wounds, suicides, or accidents in the last 3 decades, more than all American combat deaths in United States history. What are the common elements in mass shootings? The shooters are almost exclusively males who act alone. They are not random. 33% of mass public shootings between 1983 and 2012 occurred at the shooter’s current or former workplace. In 57% of mass shootings between 2009 and 2012 the shooter killed a current or former intimate partner, along with others. Roughly half the time, mass shooters take their own life at the
I say this not to sound like some peace-making hippy, but because banning guns urgently needs to become an extreme possibility. The conversation needs to shift from its ok to have a firearm, to we need to stop all the violence happening in our country. The United States is by far the world leader in the number of guns in the people’s hands. The stricter gun laws of other richer countries …show more content…
In some situations, you might need a firearm to protect you from a dangerous person or animal. People also say that “guns don’t kill people, people do”, but if you take the gun out of the equation they have nothing to shoot with. The second amendment also states that we have the right to bear arms, but these days’ guns are being used in criminal activities or to hurt somebody, they are a sickness in society and can ruin lives. Many people are living life frightened knowing the amount of trauma a gun can cause and just knowing that they are legal to carry around is crazy. Mass shootings are just becoming a regular thing on the news and it is terrible to hear about all the innocent people dying due to gun violence in these mass shootings and crimes so often. When all we must do is create a structure or plan to keep guns out of the wrong person’s hands so they don’t make a stupid choice to use the gun to cause harm in society. According to a survey in 2013, 46% of people say that they buy firearms for protection, in 1996 the same survey was done and 26% of people said they buy firearms for protection, since than the crime rate has increased considerably. The risks of owning a gun and keeping it in your house are suicides, accidental shootings, and domestic violence. About 3 million people have died due to gunshot wounds, suicides, or accidents in the last 3 decades, more than all American combat deaths in United States history. What are the common elements in mass shootings? The shooters are almost exclusively males who act alone. They are not random. 33% of mass public shootings between 1983 and 2012 occurred at the shooter’s current or former workplace. In 57% of mass shootings between 2009 and 2012 the shooter killed a current or former intimate partner, along with others. Roughly half the time, mass shooters take their own life at the