Gun Control Freedom Essay

I have had guns in my life since I was young. I served eight years in the military, and have shot in competitions for many years. I also love the outdoors, and enjoy the ability to put food on the table that is natural. I think the reasons for keeping the right to bear arms are so important that if the American people lost that right; it would mean life changes that many would be unwilling to make.

Gun control is a vital necessity to the welfare of our nation. Many people out there are supporting the “anti- gun control cause” with the excuse of “self-defense”. I believe that not everyone will handle a gun for self-defense. The possession of a gun is a sign of power. One of the bigger ambitions that one has is to have power and the easier it is to obtain a gun; the faster a criminal will gain power over an innocent person. When one is in possession of a gun, that person has complete control of their actions and may act upon the weapon however the person may please even if they know that their action will cause harm to defense-less people. There are many deaths caused by guns out there that could

As you and your family walk through the store, a man dressed all in black walks in and pulls out an assault rifle and starts firing. People fall to the ground, including your mother, killed by the raging bullets. You and your surviving family hide, hoping to not be seen by the gunman. By this time the Police have arrived, ending the carnage. You were lucky, although others were not. Reports later prove this man was mentally ill and was able to acquire weapons without questioning. How could this of happened to your family and countless other families? The answer is the lack of gun control.

Sandy Hook Elementary. Aurora, Colorado. San Bernardino, California. Las Vegas, Nevada. Orlando, Florida. (Words with Negative Connotation) These are just some of the biggest mass shootings that have swept America in the past few years. Hundreds of lives are lost each year to gun related violence in the United States alone. Gun control has been a topic in our country since our founding fathers adopted the second amendment to the US constitution. Although recently controversy has sparked to an all-new extent in America due to the recent spike in mass shootings and gun related homicides. So many families and loves ones are affected each year in the United States because of gun related violence and other mass killing events, because of these events gun control laws need to be revamped and strengthened in American in order to protect the citizens.

     News is all around us and is readily available to everyone. There are many flaws in the system that hurts the authenticity of the news when you see it. The media is indirectly part of the political system. Most news is either considered liberal or conservative by many.

The Orlando nightclub shooting in Florida on June 12, 2016 was the single largest massacre in U.S history, taking the lives of 50 individuals, including the shooter himself, and injuring 53 others. This is one extreme example of the gun violence that has been occurring in this country, but mass shootings like this and the one at Newton in 2012 are only a small part of our gun violence issue. The everyday gun violence that takes place in cities all across the United States claims the lives of thousands every single year. According to The Guardian, 33,500 civilians die each year because of gun brutality- “that’s about 1 life every 15 minutes” (Beckett). Between the years of 1999 and 2013, there were 464,003 gun deaths in the U.S, about 58% of them were suicides 37% were homicides. (ProCon.org) Gun violence and the consequences of that violence, have become a real and dangerous problem in the U.S , why else would the CDC list the United States as having the highest rate of gun violence out of all developed countries today? (Gale Opposing Viewpoints) This issue is not just attributable to a single factor, there are several that play an important part in why gun violence is such an issue in the U.S, namely laws and poverty; and in these causes we can also find solutions.

In the small town of Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012 at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, Adam Lanza, killed students and staff members. Lanza took twenty students and six adults lives during the massacre. Lanza also killed his mother in her bed before going to the elementary school. Police said, gunman took his own life. He took out a handgun and shot himself in a classroom as law enforcement officers started to approach him. “The US media diagnosed shooter, Adam Lanza, with schizophrenia in the days following the tragic school shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School” (Metzel). If only if the world would’ve known before the massive shooting that Lanza had mental issues it could’ve saved the students and teachers from getting killed. After the mass shooting, “with honor of the memory of twenty first graders and six teachers who were killed last year in Newtown, Connecticut—as well as ten thousands of others who killed by guns each year- by voting a number of measures to strengthen the law that prevent gun violence in this nation” (Zigmond). I believe that anyone that wants to buy a gun should have a doctor release saying they have no mental illnesses and backgrounds checks should be mandatory, even though they take about eight months to

These are innocent children and teachers that are being killed by lunatics carrying a gun. Adam Lanza was the shooter in the Sandy Hook shooting that killed twelve students, six school employees, and his mother. Adam had many untreated disorders such as anxiety, excessive-compulsive disorder, anorexia, and aspergers. This proves that if we had stronger background checks this may never have happened. The gun sellers simply don't care about who is buying their guns, all they care about is making money. Adam was also using an AR-15 which is an assault weapon that should be outlawed for civilians. James Holmes was responsible for the mass movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado. This shooting killed 12 people and injured 70 others. Experts say the reason why James shot up the movie theater was because he had an untreated schizophrenia disorder. In these two incidences the killers were able to get guns, even though they were mentally ill. They were guilty of the crimes, but sometimes our Judicial System will find them innocent for reasons of insanity and may eventually be let back into society. The senseless shootings might all be prevented with more thorough background

We lose more than 32,000 Americans to gun violence every year in this country. That’s an average of 87 deaths a day. These tragedies range from gun accidents and suicides to horrific mass shooting like those at Columbine High School in 1999 and at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012. (Everitt)

One of many controversial topics in the United States is gun control. It is clearly written in the Second Amendment of the Constitution that the people will have the right to bear arms. Recently; however, people have been misusing those firearms and have been harming others with them. The government is trying to regulate the sale, distribution, and ownership of guns because of this reason. Some of the arguments being made by the politicians is simply if the government has the right to be able to control, and if it does, the effectiveness of the public policy to regulate guns.

As a matter of fact, according to the web source ‘Public Intelligence’ almost eighty percent of these shootings in the years of twenty-eleven through twenty-thirteen have been linked to these individuals having a type of mental illness. So, what can we do to solve this problem? If not solve, then what can we do make it better and help the people of the United States feel safe without having to take away gun rights? If our nation placed back ground checks for private sellers and non private sellers than we could potentially see a dramatic drop in these mass homicides. However tragic these events may be, it still doesn’t justify the Government attempting to seize our unalienable rights. In fact, the definition of unalienable rights is something that cannot be taken, sold or transferred, it is a gift from the creator to the individual to the

It is essential that the United States government implement the following three policies to protect the lives of its citizens: mandate a gun amnesty program, require owners to pass tests and insure their weapons, as well as prevent persons lacking mental capacity from possessing such deadly weapons.

The right to bear arms has been a part of this country’s constitution since its conception in 1776. Guns we originally a commodity that almost every household had. Firearms were used for hunting and protection. As the modern era came upon us, there became a lesser need to own a firearm because of a controlled police force and a surplus in food. The surplus in food and modern law enforcement, along with rising firearm crimes prompted the government to start reviewing gun laws. Furthermore, over the past century the right to bear a firearm has been restricted by many laws. These laws are instated to help prevent accidental and planned deaths attributed by firearms. The question still stands: can gun-safety laws help prevent accidental and

People should not have such an effortless way of acquiring a firearm that can kill a person with a pull of a trigger. In recent years there has been more than a handful of massacres all over the country. Some of the more famous massacres are the Charleston church shooting, the 2015 Lafayette shooting, and the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting. On June 17th, 2015, a man named Dylann Roof, who had a criminal record, shot up a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina where he killed nine people including the pastor. Not only was he charged with nine counts of murder, but with possession of a firearm, and all because the church was an African-American church (CBS NEWS). In that very same year in Lafayette, a man by the name of John Russell traveled 500 miles from Alabama to Lafayette, and shot up a movie theater, were he injured eleven people leaving some injured he injured with more than one gun shot wound, and in addition he killed two women, all before shooting himself. With a legally purchased gun from a pawnshop, he not only ended his life but of two women as well. Although he passed background checks necessary for the purchase, he had a history of mental illness that did not appear in those background checks that were meant to keep people somewhat “safe” (CNN). Yet the most despairing and infamous massacre of all, in my opinion, is the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, This story really hits home because it took place in Connecticut, the state I grew up in, a place I thought, and those children thought, was safe. Twenty-six people, twenty of who were kids and six of who were adults, were brutally shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. Adam Lanza a deeply troubled young man went to the elementary school, after he allegedly shot and killed his mother, carrying three guns, one of which was a semi-automatic assault rifle. Lanza had a history among his school and peers of being a bit “weird”

A few years ago, twenty children no older than seven years old were murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School. They were shot with legally acquired guns while in a classroom just like this one. One minute they were learning and the next, fearing for their lives as the sounds of gunshots and screaming rang through the air until they were murdered. Since then, hundreds more have been killed by guns. At least one mass shooting happens everyday. If one does not happen today, the one tomorrow will have double the casualties. Yet, our government still refuses to fix their mistake of allowing their killers to easily and legally obtain guns. The current gun laws in place will only allow more of these massacres to happen since you do not even have to know how to use a gun to own one. Surprisingly, you do not need to do much but hand over money to get your hands on a killing machine, from certain sellers. Therefore, our current laws do not favor anyone but dangerous criminals, because in a world where violent and untrained people can buy guns, law abiding citizens do not stand a chance. However, there is a solution. Gun related deaths and crimes can be reduced through a more rigorously enforced vetting process that includes making background checks more thorough and banning dangerous individuals from owning guns.