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Argumentative Essay: Gun Laws In America

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Gun Laws in America
Guns, the weapon of choice for some of the most horrendous slaughterings in America.. Since early history guns have been used mainly for military and defensive purposes. But, over the years the development gun technology has made firearms more attainable and deadly. America has the highest amount of gun related deaths each year in the world. “In Germany 381, in France 255, in Canada 165 in the United Kingdom 68, in Australia 65, in Japan 39 and in the United States, 11,127” (Moore Michael, 51:15-51:48). Even though the second amendment does gives the right to bear arms, I believe guns should be controlled and overseen by the government to a certain extent because guns have caused a lot of killings in America and have increased …show more content…

As stated by the states attorney’s office report, Dylan got in the school at 9:30 a.m and shot the principal and the school’s psychologist that were in the hallway. He then moved to classrooms where children were learning and started shooting and by 9:40 AM, just ten minutes later, he took the lives of twenty six people, including twenty children age twelve and below and six adults, before taking his own life (State Report on Sandy Hook Elementary shooting). Since the sandy Hook elementary shooting according to Ryan Mark writer for Vox, there have been 1,552 more mass killings to date. Including two of the biggest mass shooting in American history. Which are the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando and the Harvest Music Festival shooting in Las Vegas.On June 12, 2016 Omar Saddiqui Mateen, 29, opened fire inside the nightclub, a gay nightclub. At least 49 people were killed and more than 50 were injured. Police ended up shooting and killing Mateen as they were freeing hostages he was holding at the club. On October 1, 2017, a gunman, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock,who allegedly had mental illness issues, fired from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on a crowd of more than 20,000 gathered on the Las Vegas Strip for the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival. He killed 58 people and injured more than 500. It is the deadliest

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