Argumentative Essay on Gun Control

Argumentative “You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don’t enforce them, people are gonna find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It’s not the law-abiding citizens, it’s not the person who uses it as a hobby” (Steele). There are around 100,000 victims of gun violence each year (“Brady Campaign...”). Action needs to be taken so Americans don’t feel unprotected going into a public environment. By tightening gun control laws, America can become a safe place for everyone and keeping guns out of the hands of people tempted to make bad choices. Tightening gun laws is essential for the US to save lives. These violent acts are getting worse; it shows…

carrying a gun after [taking firearms training] sponsored by the local [police department]. It may seem odd now, but at the time, many girls [at our school] carried guns everywhere, including in classrooms. How much things have changed. Fast forward a few years to my full-time job after college. I worked for a CEO and had a glass office next to his. I never thought about how easy it would be for someone to watch me through those windows on the late nights I often worked. Then the phone calls…

public mass shootings happen in America alone. “Gun control is set by laws or policies regulating sales, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians” (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives). Gun control is necessary for the United States now because it will prevent more public shootings, and suicide and accidental shootings; however, there are simple solutions to prevent guns from getting to the mentally ill and unstable people. Children under the age of…

Buying a gun takes no time and only requires a background check in most states. In most states, “55% of U.S. households with children have firearms in them that are in unlocked places” (Statistics on Youth Gun Violence & Gun Access). Half of the American households own a firearm, and with them being in unlocked places that can probably guarantee that the children have seen them. According to the Statistics on Youth Gun Violence & Gun Access: “73% of kids ages 9 and under have reported seeing the…

Bindu Kalesman further indicates that 11, 419 people, adults and children died from gun violence in 2013 which translates to approximately 30 people a day (Kalesan 309). This is totally unacceptable and must be addressed and the best approach on the issue adopted to preserve life. This will be easily achieved by ensuring the guns are only in the hands of the law enforcers (Kovandzic 489). The statistics refutes the arguments presented by those who oppose strict gun control on the basis that they…

there are laws on guns in some states, but not very many. Federal law also blocks the sale of guns to people found guilty of unlawful possession of firearms within the past year (Phillips). The purchase of semi-automatic weapons is legal in most U.S. states, as are automatic rifles made before 1986. The amendment to the 1986 gun control act- known as the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 requires a background check before the purchase of firearms can occur (Phillips). The minimum age…

unrestricted gun control has had on our country is undeniable. Just in the last few days, America has experienced its largest mass shooting in history. If that does not indicate a problem, what does? According to the MST, almost 200 deaths have occurred in 2016 from mass shootings. The United States needs stricter regulations concerning gun control to prevent further deaths. A recent statistic shows that, "There were 464,033 total gun deaths between 1999 and 2013: 270,237 suicides (58.2% of…

school shootings in american history… gun control activists say it's the work of loose gun laws in America. What if the real reason wasn't loose gun control laws, it's the people who have access to these guns. People say that if 2011 gun ban in the uk brought gun crimes down to the lowest they have ever been why can that work here. The writing is on the walls, people don't like guns, they are scared of guns. But believe it or not without guns the wonderful place where freedoms we are promised…

estimate of 265 million guns. I believe gun control should not exist in the United States, because it is an immense threat to the second amendment. I do not believe that gun control will work.Even though Gun control could save lives if used correctly, Gun control should not be allowed to exist in the United States, because they will use it incorrectly and our government will become a tyranny. Gun control attacks the second amendment, which reads: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the…

Gun Control Every time we flip on the news we see a new story explaining a shooting in Chicago. Drive-by shootings are so common now in Chicago that we barely have time to explain one story without skipping to the next current one. To assume that we do not have a problem with guns in the Chicago/Illinois community is wrong. This is a nationwide problem as we have seen with mass shootings and the increasing numbers of deaths nationwide from gunshot wounds. Just this weekend as I began to write…