Arguments Against Gun Control Laws

Countless opinions have been broadcasted on national news media regarding what society ought to do about gun control. This controversial topic sparks many heated debates with people of either position reluctant to compromise. Gun supporters claim that the proposed gun laws infringe on their constitutional right to bear arms. Conversely, others believe that restricted gun access would cause gun violence to decrease. Regardless of what side one stands on, with the increase in gun violence, it is safe to say that something must be done.

After recent tragic events, such as the mass shooting that took place at a musical festival in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 1st, 2017, which left over 50 people dead, and over 500 others injured (Bui, Zapotosky and Barrett), the topic of stricter gun controls in America has become a controversial topic for many people in our society. Those in favor of stricter gun controls believe that by implementing laws that would make it more difficult for the average person to purchase and own guns, the result would be a decreased number of mass shootings and other gun deaths in our country. Typically, with these proposed laws, it is suggested that potential gun owners should be required to undergo mental health screening, in addition to regular background checks to see if the person has a history of any mental illnesses or past crimes. However, reducing the number of mass shootings and other gun deaths in America is not as simple as just implementing new laws.

Although the Second Amendment prevents the federal government from completely banning guns in America, limited restrictions are allowed on the distribution and possession of firearms. Certain groups of people such as criminals, the mentally unstable, and soldiers dishonorably discharged from the military are prohibited from possessing or interacting with firearms (Flynn). These restrictions are enforced by background checks in some states on both a state and federal level. However, gun laws vary from state to state and are often not thorough enough; the background checks are flawed due to lack of information and misinformation, and guns can easily end up in the hands of criminals and malevolent individuals. The ease of

Taking into account of the recent shooting sprees, the gun control debate has started again. However, people have contemplated: “Why does America need gun laws” and “Why are so many states disagreeing about the restrictions that need to be put in place for civilians looking to purchase firearms.” The reasoning for such contemplation is that the fluxuating strictness of gun laws have led to several incidences within states that have strict gun laws due to the fact that the perpetrators of these incidences have purchased their firearms either from black markets, or states where the severity of gun control is at minimal levels.

Just recently, a student fired a shot inside a school bathroom after he found his father’s semi-automatic handgun and brought it to school ("Book Bags Banned following Conyers School Shooting."). This shows that it is extremely easy for young or unqualified people to buy or find guns. On April 20th, 1999, two teenage students entered Columbine High School and opened fired, taking the lives of twelve students and one teacher; the shooters committed suicide after (Stanley). This shooting called for national debates on the loose laws of gun control. Not much has changed since that shooting except for a couple of new laws. In addition to the Columbine High School shooting, there was also another very recent massacre that involved an elementary school. In December of 2012, was a shooting that rattled Connecticut and had the residents of Sandy Hook feeling defenseless. The shooter, 20 year old Adam Lanza entered Sandy Hook Elementary school after shooting his own mother. He walked through the building entering several different kindergarten and first grade classrooms, killing 20 students and 6 adults. The kids were only in the age range of 6 to 7 years old. A couple minutes after first responders arrived on the scene, Lanza took his own life in one of the classrooms ("Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting: What

James Mallon once said that “Gun control is like the annoying family member you hate to see. No matter how much you disdain seeing them or talking to them, eventually a climatic event, family reunion, or holiday forces you to have interaction with them.” Gun control may be that elephant in the room given all the recent tragic events involving firearm use, but ignoring that elephant is no solution. Stricter gun laws, as well as other forms of gun control may be the final viable resort to ending the onslaught that are mass shootings.

First and foremost, the United States needs to revise and enforce the process for gun purchases in all states in order to filter out mentally ill and unstable people. America’s current federal and state gun laws are weak and have many loopholes. These weak laws and loopholes have allowed thousands of prohibited buyers to legally purchase firearms over the past decade. For example, many gun purchases from private sellers are not subject to checking identification, there’s no background check, and no records are kept (Cooper).

Actually, guns should be controlled because of mass shooting. Some people might forgets what happened in some cities in the United States related to weapons. A recent event is the tragedy when a man killed nine people during a prayer meeting in the African American church in Charleston. He committed the deadliest attack on a place of worship in the United States in 24 years (Horwitz, du Lac, Bever and Costa, 2015). Furthermore, in Connecticut, there was a sad tragedy when a guy shot 20 children and other people at Sandy Hook Elementary school. Before he committed this horrible atrocity, he killed his mother who had firearms in her home. That illustrate having a guns at home is harmful even just for hunting (Stoller, 2013).

There have been long debates about gun control over the years. Some state that these laws are beneficial because they restrict arm possession. In this way, the crime rate will decrease, there will be less suicides cases and fewer accidental injuries. The public shootings from the US that happened in the last past years have encouraged these voices to speak even louder and to ask for more aggressive laws.

Imagine a world where you wake up with an armed robber in your house with a gun already nearby. Would you have a good feeling knowing you can protect yourself right? Now imagine a world where you wake up with an armed robber in your house and you have no weapon to use for self-defense. What would you feel then?

Friends, family or acquaintances are perished everyday due to ruthless killers. What interested me the most about this article is how a "mother" can get the courage to kill her own daughters. This is shocking to me because the woman just killed her daughters like it was nothing, she forgot that she carried them for 9 months and raised them to be the best that they could. The recent controversy on gun laws have also intrigued me to read this article. There are shootings and deaths happening every week, and something has to be done. I stand by the Second Amendment; I believe that people should have the right to bear arms, but I also believe that there should be stricter gun laws. This was a terrible day for friends and families of Madison and

“I have a very strict gun control policy: If there’s a gun around, I want to be in control of it”(Clint Eastwood).One of the most heated topics in politics today is gun control. In the wake of the Texas Church Massacre, which left 26 people dead and the Vegas Shooting that claimed the lives of 58, there is a push to pass legislation to reduce access to weapons. Both sides of the political spectrum - conservatives and liberals - have held strong to their beliefs. Conservatives reiterate their right to bear arms in case of self-defense and ancestry while liberals argue for the sake of the harm that weapons inflict upon individuals. Yet only after several massacres in the United States does Congress start to compromise on gun control issues.

Every law-abiding American citizen should have a choice to own a gun, and it should not matter if their reason is for protection, for sport or simply to collect. Gun control is a concern that needs to be one of “less talk and more action”; in addition, it needs to be an issue where both parts of the Congress join together to find a solution to the growing problem of gun violence in the United States. Furthermore, the American people need to demand action from their state’s senators and representatives, not just during a time of stress following a gun-related incident, but continue to press until a permanent resolution is found. Gun control is a controversial subject because there are many who still believe it is all about the government taking away all guns, however, “Gun control” is an umbrella term for several types of gun regulations. Gun control calls for “common sense measures” such as banning “military-style weapons” and “universal background checks” (Should More Gun, 2016). There are federal laws covering some aspects of gun control, but many contain loopholes (Perez-Pena, 2015). Most states have their own laws in place, however, there are no consistencies “at the state level” (Perez-Pena, 2015). In the late 1990’s, there were in fact, roughly 20,000 federal, state or local laws covering gun control; the bulk of these laws were local codes (Spitzer, 1998). In a survey conducted in February 2013, by the Pew Research Center, it was determined that “37% of adults

Gun reform has been a hot and controversial topic on Capitol Hill lately, and stirs the passion of both gun owners and reformers. The escalation of gun violence in the U.S. has created a push for federal gun reform laws. In an editorial piece in the New York Times titled “The Latest Hurdle to Gun-Law Reform,” part of a continuing series on the epidemic of gun violence, the issues relating to getting gun reform laws passed are discussed. The editorial advances an affirmative case, the passing of a background-check bill.

counties are as likely to die from a gunshot as those living in the urbanest counties. Rural children die of more gun suicides and unintentional shooting deaths. Urban children die more often of gun homicides, “Pediatrics,June 2010”. Medical treatment, criminal justice proceedings, new security precautions, and reductions in quality of life are estimated to cost U.S. citizens $100 billion annually. Since the Brady Law was initially passed, about 2 million attempts to purchase firearms have been blocked due to a background check. About half of these blocked attempts were by felons, “Cook, Philip(based on gun deaths and injuries in 1997”.Gun violence is someone using guns not to protect but to violently use it on others, in order to improve the rates of gun violence we need to report if we se some one using guns nor for