Gun politics in the United States

Guns vs People “Guns don’t kill people; people kill people”. It is a phrase often heard among the opponents to gun control in the United States. Weapons have been seen as an element of subsistence or defense against any threat, and every day we hear or see related violent crimes involving firearms. Even though police have made a great effort to control the rate of violence in some cities or towns, the situation is coming out of their hands. Through history, there have been some events and series…

caused by a gun are suicides (Cornell 2). According to Arthur L. Kellerman, MD, “residents of homes where a gun is present are 5 times more likely to experience a suicide than residents of homes without guns” (A Case for Gun Control). I have experienced the effects of suicide within my own family. One month ago, my cousin Marisa committed suicide. She was 26 years old and had been diagnosed with schizophrenia a few years prior to the tragic incident. Marisa was not in a rational state of mind…

Over reading these three articles I find that we should not have more gun control laws and all actuality we should refine the ones that we have. When a country state or city increases their gun control laws it is evident that crime increases. It is my theory that with increasing gun control laws the common law abiding citizen does not have access to those guns. In increasing the gun control laws it takes the guns out of bad citizens’ hands that would otherwise have had the means to stop the…

Guns have been around the world since the 14th century starting with the Matchlock gun to the automatic firearms. In the beginning guns were intentionally used by industrialized countries in order to protect their residents and land from anyone who posed a threat. There have been many wars, battles, a and deaths throughout history due to firearms. To this day guns have dramatically changed and are at fault for many of the conflicts the United states faces. In the Bill of Rights the 2nd amendment…

Is Gun Control to Easy to Get Around in the US What is Gun Control? Gun Control refers to laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms. Gun Control helps the government regulate who has and who can have a firearm. In the United States of America, there are 10.59 gun murders per 100,000 people. This number of murders can be reduced if gun control is strengthened. In the USA there is more mass murders by gun than any other…

Gun Control Kailey Bergamo Ms. Gigliotti English III Honors Period 3 1 March 2016 According to www.leg.state.co.us, “A citizen with a gun stopped a knife-wielding man as he began stabbing people in a Salt Lake City store.” Also, “Two men retrieved firearms from their cars and stopped a mass murder at the Appalachian School of Law.” Citizens should be able to carry guns, concealed or not, for a variety of reason, including protection and sports. The question of gun control is constantly…

Gun control is a controversial topic to be talked about considering the pros and cons that come along with it. The pros being the control of having a gun in order to have a sense of protection, our right to bear arms and less death rates. On the other side cons being restricting a person to their own personal safety and diminishing personal hobbies such as hunting, and job related activities by not having guns being allowed at all. Guns come with responsibility and consequences that can occur if…

In recent times, Columbine, Fort Hood, Aurora, Newtown, and Charleston have become the epicenter of gun-related violence in the United States. Of the 12 deadliest shootings in the United States, six have happened from 2007 onward (Ehrenfreund, 2015). Each mass shooting event brought the gun debate to the national limelight. These tragic events make global headlines which invariably makes other developed countries conclude that the American society, with all its prosperity and standing as a world…

Guns have been a way of life in this country for hundreds of years. They have been used from hunting, to self-protection, and to protection of the citizen rights of this country. With the recent mass shootings that has been seen in the United States, there has been an increased push for gun control laws. The thought is, if the country places a ban guns, there will be less shootings, resulting in needless deaths of our citizens. Is there a correlation between guns and the number of homicides?…

them the same. This tragedy is the senseless massacre of its citizens by the use of guns. Many people ask why gun control is something we need and the answer to the question is because it keeps violent and mindless crimes such as these from happening. It has been shown that in many developed countries with stricter gun control the crime rate is much lower than the United States. Examples of these stricter gun control laws ranges from having to be an active member of a regulated shooting…