Gun Control Across the nation, millions of people are killed by guns every year. Gun violence can be traced back as early as the creation of the first gun, which overtime would be used to murder people. When James Madison made the U.S Constitution in 1787, specifically the Second Amendment, it caused guns to become more easier to own. Ever since, mass shooting, homicide, and suicide rates have all increased over the past century. As guns are now easier to purchase because of websites that sell military rifles, gun control is becoming a highly debated issue. Some believe that gun control laws should be more strict; however, others, who cite the Second Amendment, believe that gun control laws should stay the same or even become less
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Constitution made by James Madison, a former U.S. President. The Second Amendment states, “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” (Madison, 122). The Second Amendment is a part of the U.S. Constitution that could possibly be considered as less stringent when it comes to the laws of gun control. Due to the recent deaths caused by guns and military rifles, gun control laws are now becoming an extremely high topic of debating. Some people think that the gun control laws should become more strict, while others believe that it should stay the same or become even less strict than what the laws are now. In a recent statistic, it showed how many people believed if the gun laws should change after the Newtown, Connecticut shootings. The statistic stated, “A majority of Americans said they feel gun control laws should be more strict, according to a new poll released Monday. Half said they think that more strict laws would not have prevented the Newtown, Conn., shootings” (Gun Control Attitudes). The statistic is trying to prove that many Americans believed that gun control laws should become more strict than what they are now. The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting caused by a perpetrator named Adam Lanza caused 27 deaths of students in that school in Newtown Connecticut. However, after …show more content…
There has been a plentiful amount of shootings that occurred because a mentally disabled individual happened to have a gun on them, and since they had a gun on them, he or she would try to kill or severely damage another person because their mind is not capable to tell them what is wrong, and what is right. Rita Price, the author of the article, Addressing Mental Illness Can Reduce School Shootings, told about how people with mental illness should get treated, and if they do not get treated, then they could possibly cause severe pain or death onto many people. She spoke to a person named Newman, a dean at John Hopkins University in Baltimore. This person stated, “Those who became killers were usually first misfits, often scrawny and less physically mature than most of the peers with whom they compete for attention” (Price). Newman, the person that Rita Price, the author of this article talked to, is trying to prove to people that killers were not as mature as their peers physically, and mentally which could have been one of the possible signs of a mental illness. Rita Price also talked to a woman named Bernadette MeInyk, a college dean who also did not like the combination of guns and mentally ill people. MeInyk stated, “1 in 4 children and teens has a mental health issue at some point, but less than 25 percent get treatment”. MeInyk, is attempting to prove that a lot of people in the world
Constitution made by James Madison, a former U.S. President. The Second Amendment states, “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” (Madison, 122). The Second Amendment is a part of the U.S. Constitution that could possibly be considered as less stringent when it comes to the laws of gun control. Due to the recent deaths caused by guns and military rifles, gun control laws are now becoming an extremely high topic of debating. Some people think that the gun control laws should become more strict, while others believe that it should stay the same or become even less strict than what the laws are now. In a recent statistic, it showed how many people believed if the gun laws should change after the Newtown, Connecticut shootings. The statistic stated, “A majority of Americans said they feel gun control laws should be more strict, according to a new poll released Monday. Half said they think that more strict laws would not have prevented the Newtown, Conn., shootings” (Gun Control Attitudes). The statistic is trying to prove that many Americans believed that gun control laws should become more strict than what they are now. The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting caused by a perpetrator named Adam Lanza caused 27 deaths of students in that school in Newtown Connecticut. However, after …show more content…
There has been a plentiful amount of shootings that occurred because a mentally disabled individual happened to have a gun on them, and since they had a gun on them, he or she would try to kill or severely damage another person because their mind is not capable to tell them what is wrong, and what is right. Rita Price, the author of the article, Addressing Mental Illness Can Reduce School Shootings, told about how people with mental illness should get treated, and if they do not get treated, then they could possibly cause severe pain or death onto many people. She spoke to a person named Newman, a dean at John Hopkins University in Baltimore. This person stated, “Those who became killers were usually first misfits, often scrawny and less physically mature than most of the peers with whom they compete for attention” (Price). Newman, the person that Rita Price, the author of this article talked to, is trying to prove to people that killers were not as mature as their peers physically, and mentally which could have been one of the possible signs of a mental illness. Rita Price also talked to a woman named Bernadette MeInyk, a college dean who also did not like the combination of guns and mentally ill people. MeInyk stated, “1 in 4 children and teens has a mental health issue at some point, but less than 25 percent get treatment”. MeInyk, is attempting to prove that a lot of people in the world