Persuasive Essay on Gun Control

“Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” This is a big quote that many people believe and so should you. When a drunk driver kills someone nobody blames the alcohol they blame the human for drinking it then driving. But why is it that when someone kills somebody they blame the gun, not the person behind it. All of this results into people wanting more gun control laws. If anything we should have less laws and I will be explaining to you how guns would make us a much safer country and have…

Gun Control In just the few short months of 2018, there has already been 16 high school shootings that have resulted in death or injury and over 26 students, who had their lives taken from them, were killed. More high school students are killed each year than military personnel. Gun control is one of the many controversial topics in our government today, as well as our very detailed past. Guns and gun control has built our society into what it is today and has had a major impact in our…

have others believe that guns are the reason that violent crimes happen everyday in our nation. The government is trying to ban the use of guns in our nation, and guns are not even the biggest problem. .(Deakins) No one should be able to take away our right to bear arms. The government is doing all they can to take away our right to own guns by telling us that guns are the reason for violent crimes but taking away guns doesn’t actually reduce crime rates. In 1989 a ban on guns was put into…

Gun control laws are needed because guns are often used for violence rather a form of protection. Although, the Second Amendment states that you have the right to bear arms guns should be used as self-defense and not to kill intentionally. Gun control law can limit the people who can have them and use them for the correct reason. The Second Amendment has become a critical battleground since the U.S Supreme Court held, in District of Columbia v. Heller, that the Amendment guarantees an…

The topic of gun control has been around for many, many years. In recent years, more and more people have been murdered with guns. 13, 286 people were killed due to guns in 2015. Because it is not the 1800s anymore, the 2nd Amendment needs to be amended to fit the current situation of America. Weapons such as assault rifles should not be available to the public. The 2nd Amendment was written in 1791. During this time, Americans only had muskets which took a long time to refill and they were…

Gun Control We need more gun control laws to protect people. The second amendment isn’t an unlimited right to own guns. The amendment is saying you can own a gun but you have to do it legally and get a permit with it. We need more gun control laws, because people need to know how to use them in order to have them, because you can’t just go waving them around in public (Slate Magazine). More gun control laws would reduce the amount of gun deaths. There was 464,033 gun deaths between 1999 and…

Gun Control The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms. Guns are used for recreational activities such as hunting, competition shooting, and target shooting, but are also used for self and home defense, and firearms are used heavily by the government. While dangerous, firearms should not be controlled or banned in the US. Many people say that guns kill people, but the people pulling the trigger are the real issue. Taking guns…

Imagine you are asleep in your warm bed at two in the morning when you hear a window break downstairs. Your first thought is your children and their safety. Before leaving your bedroom, you grab your gun. You walk down the hall and tell your children to get under their beds. As you go down stairs and peek around the corner, you see a man holding a knife, stealing your television and other valuables. You know that in a few minutes he will be coming up stairs and you and your family will be in…

The debate about whether or not more gun control laws should be implemented has been has come to the forefront of much of today’s current events. The dramatic increase of media coverage of school shootings, mass murder, domestic terrorism, and gang violence has attributed to this modern explosion of opinions, however the history of gun control and ownership is as old as the nation itself, dating back all the way to the signing of the Constitution. The Second Amendment of the Constitution…

have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don 't enforce them, people are going to 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.” A quote by Michael Steele, who was a politician, born in 1958 discussing one of the flaws in peoples struggle regarding gun control.(Brainy Quote) There are plenty of issues regarding gun control that makes…