Gun politics in the United States

Guns: Are They Worth the Risk? Imagine a nation without the laws that regulate firearms such as fully automatic weapons. A place where felons and the mentally ill are capable of obtaining a firearm with ease. A nation where a parent sends their children to school hoping that they return safely. If gun legislation is kept in place, this grim image of the world will not exist. One might argue that gun control eliminates the basic rights granted by the Second Amendment; however, this is inaccurate…

people die of gun violence, according to EverytownResearch.org. There are over 12,000 gun murders in an average year in the United States. Also, a black man is 10 times more likely to be shot with a gun than a white man (“Gun Violence”). But what does race, age, or ethnicity have anything to do with murders with a firearm? For a person to better understand gun control, they would have to look at what gun control is, what are the causes of gun violence, people who agree to have gun control,…

Have you ever thought about what the world would be like if there were no guns owned by the general public? One would think it would be blissful and crime free… That presumption would be wrong. In America, it is true that many of the recent mass casualty events have involved guns, BUT that is not due to guns themselves. Gun control will not prevent these events from occurring, nothing can. Liberals believe that the removal of guns would nearly desolate mass shootings entirely, but they are…

As gun violence in the united states is now so common that it’s daily news to hear about school shootings and armed people walking into restaurants and killing people, we need a president who can lead the country in rectifying the current situation. In this, John Kasich is not our country’s best option; he wishes to, as his website states, “Remove Burdensome Restrictions” on concealed carry licenses. Although the Second Amendment was written to give civilians the right to defend themselves,…

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…

necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” Firearms in the United States are forefront of political discussion, in the last century controversial restrictions have been placed on firearms, some even deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, data is available…

had a gun control problem. Every week now it seems like there’s another school shooting or another person on a shooting rampage. Then after it is over the same debate comes up every time. The debate on controlling guns and making sure they do not get into the wrong hands. Once, after a few weeks go by and what happened is out of people’s minds, momentum for controlling guns gets lost as time goes on. It dies down and people are not thinking about it until the next one occurs. Controlling guns,…

big controversial topic. This is the defense that liberals use when it comes to gun violence “Gun Control”. The lengthy debate, which I will explain in this essay, will demonstrate why gun control simply does not work. According to an article on the Cornell University Law School, The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: "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". This…

well as the public. Most liberal people are trying to pass gun laws that limit what people can and cannot have. They are also trying to enforce mandatory background checks when customers purchase a gun. They are taking away our second amendment rights which we have had since the creation of the bill of rights. We have had this amendment pretty much since we gained independence from Britain. However, ideas about limiting guns and taking away guns are not the right answers to fixing the problem of…

Would gun control minimize school shootings? School shootings have been on the rise in the past couple of years. Most people ask themselves would gun control help reduce school shootings. It seems that the gun control topic is only brought up when a school shooting occurs. We shouldn’t think about controlling guns every time a school shooting happens. A school shooting is defined as anybody getting injured or killed by a gun. According to the FBI a mass shooting is one where at least four people…