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Argumentative Essay On Gun Control

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Chance Pressley
Mrs. Gallos
English 3
21 November 2017
Gun Control
The topic of gun control is a a very talked about and subjective topic and has many different opinions and various extremes. First off, gun control can mean anything from having background checks or waiting periods when buying guns to taking away guns completely. Most people agree that background checks are necessary to keep guns out of people with bad intentions hands because a gun itself is a very neutral object and can be used for any amount of good or bad as can any other object. However, it is much easier for a person with bad intent to hurt more people with a gun then say a stick or another neutral object. The danger of a weapon is completely up to the person in control of the weapon.
The first argument of people in favor of gun control is, of course, If people don’t have guns, they can’t kill people (or as many people). This makes sense because most mass mass killings and murders are a result of a person with bad intent gaining possession of a gun. However, would a stricter gun policy really help? People against gun control think not. There are various subjective arguments but the facts are simple, the correlation between accessibility of guns and crime with guns, if any, is that the less accessible the guns are the higher the gun violence is. This is made very clear with studies from other countries who have very strict gun control policies. Which only brings us back to the idea that guns are just neutral objects and can only be controlled by the person in possession of the weapon.
One major problem that those against gun control have is that having guns is a right to every American Citizen listed in the Second Amendment. “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” ("Second Amendment”). This is one of the major obstacles of those in a favor of gun control and a key point in the argument of those against gun control. This is argued subjectively by those in favor of gun control with saying that times have changed and guns are no longer needed in today's society. However, as long as the Second Amendment is in place, guns will be legal.

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