Argumentative Essay on Gun Control

than 105,00 U.S. residents were either killed or injured by a gun. I believe that gun control should be enforced, but shouldn’t totally abolish guns because not everyone will use a gun to harm someone. If we enforce gun control, make it harder to get a gun, and allow the government to help us with gun control, lots of lives could be saved. As mentioned before, in 2010, there were 105,000 U.S. residents that were killed or injured by a gun, and with suicides outnumbered homicides for all age…

I am not a gun owner. While I do possess sufficient knowledge and experience in using firearms, people are usually surprised to hear that I do not own a single gun. This, I completely understand. Why comment on an issue when you have little to no part of it. This seems to be a recurring argument used by the “either with us or against us” crowd. Why? Because the leading officials that are in the media voicing their opinions on the subject often times have little to no knowledge on the subject…

locally here in America is gun control. This topic has been argued for years and has convincing arguments both for, and against gun control. Pro-gun control arguments often include personal elements in their arguments. On the other side, anti-gun control arguments usually turn to the “Intimidation of criminals” side of the argument. Both sides often use statistics that conflict each other. I am on the side of anti-gun control, which is why I plan on arguing why gun control should be less…

years gun crime has seemed to be a major topic every few days. With cases like Michael Brown so close to home, you have to start to see the insanity. In the past decade, America is split on gun control, whether we should strengthen the control or give the people the right to bear arms without any conflicts. We should loosen the gun control laws by only have criminal and mental health checks and reducing the waiting periods for guns and ammo. We should be able to trust American citizens with…

Being able to use gun for self-defense or protection is a right which can 't be denied to U.S citizens; however guns are not the only weapons available to serve the same purpose. Since guns are made to kill, one should consider alternative measures of protection out of respect for life. The statement made by Hasselstrom’s in her paper, is somewhat valid, but comes off as a very one sided opinion if regards to “gender equality” claiming that barring arms makes men and women equal. There is a…

There has been lots of debate in the media recently over whether or not gun laws should be changed or not. All of the recent shootings have put many people in fear, but changing these laws will not change anything. Gun activists are still lobbying for the laws to stay the same while anti-gun people are pushing for law reforms and some even want the removal of the second amendment. The current laws surrounding guns, who’s allowed to own them, the process you go through to get one, and what types…

issue are vehement in their position, whether they are for or against gun control. Despite what side of the issue someone is on, the problem of gun violence needs to addressed. Every day in the United States people are shot and killed by fire arms; sometimes out of anger, accident, or suicide. In the United States guns are a common culture acceptance, however not all countries share our view. In the article "Finland Defends Gun Laws,"writer Jari Tanner has a graph sourced from, "Small Arms…

sale of guns (DePrang, 2016). Women are the loudest voice for stronger gun control in the United States, but their voices have not been able to change the minds of U.S. government which is dominated by men. Gun owners also have a loud voice when it comes to gun control, leave it the way it is, but six-in-ten gun owners in the United States are male (62%). Still, about one-in-five women (22%) report that they own a gun. ("How male and female gun owners in the U.S. compare," 2017). While gun…

It’s the moment for gun control! How many more children have to die for the National Rifle Association to change its gun laws? The government needs to take action and protects us against mass shootings. Though I feel safe at Texas A&M University, I don’t feel safe for my sister who’s in high school or for my cousins who are also in high school and middle school. Gun control is defined as the laws that limit the use of firearms by people. I support laws that will keep guns out of the hands of…

Gun control is a highly debated topic in the United States. For Americans, the 2nd Amendment “the right to bear arms” should be followed and not to be messed with. There has been 45 mass shootings in this year alone and the amount of active shootings has increased tremendously since 2001. This leads people to ask the question, should we have stricter gun controls laws here in the United States? More Americans seem to believe that more guns will solve all of the violence. According to the 2014…