Gun Control Laws Should Be Imposed

Each person has their own idea of what our founding fathers meant when they put this in our constitution. Some people use guns as a hunting sport or for food. But then there are the ones who want to cause harm to each other. I still remember the morning of December 11, 2012. The day the Clackamas Town Center shooting occurred. A man entered a busy mall, killed 2 people and seriously injured another. He ended up shooting himself after causing all that fear and pain to the shoppers. My family and I had planned to visit the mall that day to take my relatives who came to visit from California, but we overslept. We heard the news on the radio on our way there and we turned around knowing we could have been there. The culprit stole an AR-15 from

The role guns play in our society has long been debated on whether or not citizens have the right to own guns. There are those who believe that guns have no role in the hands of private citizens. Whereas there are those who believe that guns are the very foundation that protects our rights and liberties expressed in the Constitution. The debate is over whether or not there should be stricter laws preventing people to own guns. Though gun control and gun rights advocates share similar views on background checks and requirements, each have different views on the safety of guns and the Second Amendment meaning.

More gun laws would have a negative effect on shootings and crime rates. Stricter gun laws would not prevent people from getting guns, would not prevent killings, and would not fare well with the people of the United States. Strict gun laws would only prevent law-abiding citizens from getting guns, and criminals would still be able to get them. Crime and shooting rates do not go down after increase in gun-restrictive laws are passed. People in the United States have the right to defend themselves from harm, and the 2nd Amendment right to own firearms.

Mass shootings and suicides have become a serious occurrence from yearly to daily basis. With all these casualties, most of them were unarmed and killed by some sort of weapon. The outcomes of these events would have been different if they were carrying a gun. The possibilities of protecting themselves would be greater than if they did not. Obviously, having a legal weapon can help protect you and your love ones from a dangerous situation. Throughout history, men have been using and keeping weapons in their homes, which the 2nd Amendment claim that citizens have the right to bear arms. Gun control laws should not be prohibited, but in this case, more strict.

The average college student carries notebooks, a laptop, and maybe some snacks or water in their backpack, what if it held a gun? Although many guns rights activists support the new Open Carry Bill 910 that allows concealed guns on college campuses, gun control laws should be enforced rather than be made ineffectual because guns are rarely used in self defense, it would decrease the number of gun deaths, and the average college student isn’t responsible enough to carry a gun.

When I was seven years old, my aunt and I were walking to the corner store. A man walked up to us. He pulled out a knife and held it to my aunt’s throat and yelled, “Give me the money.” She pulled out her gun from her back pocket and shot him in the toe. She didn’t kill him, but she prevented herself from getting killed. That gun saved her life and my life. You never know when something bad might happen. It could come out at any time, any day, anywhere. If my aunt hadn’t been allowed to carry that gun, we both might not be alive today. Even though some people believe America needs more gun control, this country needs less gun control because people need a way to protect themselves, it violates the Second Amendment and there are already a lot of rules and regulations about firearms.

United States are the most top armed nations around the world, and there are 270 million guns which are held by US civilians (Brussel). With the large number of guns, it could become unpredictable without proper gun control. As an example, the tragedy was brought upon the nation on December 14 2012, twenty children and six staff members was killed by a single man at Sandy Hook Elementary school. New York passed the Ammunition and Firearms enforcement act of 2013 becoming the first state to respond to the tragedy in Newton, Connecticut (Rosebrugh). Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who signed it into law now requires gun licenses to be renewed every five years and background checks on all gun sales which makes New York one of the most challenging place to obtain a gun. The recent bill passed by New York should be a model for the Federal Law because strict gun laws could protect innocent lives from being taken away by groups of people such as criminals, or those who are mentally unstable.

Gun Control Laws – Should they be replaced or stay as is? I do not believe that gun control laws should be replaced. Taking away or restricting gun rights is also taking away an individual’s right to protect oneself. If gun rights are restricted or taken away, innocent people would be unarmed against intruders. According to a study at Harvard, nations that have more guns tend to have less crime. The United States is #1 in the world in gun ownership, and yet it is only 28th in the world in gun murders per 100,000 people. Guns in the United States are used 80 times more often to prevent crimes than they are to take lives.

Many people are having debates and talking about Gun-Control. This is important because not that many laws enforce gun laws in which everyone needs. Many terrible things have happened because there aren’t that many gun control laws. For Example; Shootings, Murder, Robberies, Etc. Gun-Control needs to be recognized because civilians have too many guns, we need Gun-Control laws for everybody, and talks about how many black people are being killed because of the lack of Gun-Control laws.

In the year of 2011, a Congresswomen was shot and killed along with six others in a grocery store located in Arizona. On galegroup.com, it is also mentioned that in 2012, twenty-six people were killed by a twenty year old with a gun before he killed himself. Twenty of those people were first grade students while the other six were adults. That same day, the gunman also killed his mother. Gun control should be increased, and for various reasons. Out of the many crimes that occur, guns are rarely ever used in self-defense. As it is common knowledge, guns are the cause of many deaths. In fact, just the presence of a gun during a conflict increases the chances of it to become violent.

We have all been through that pain of losing a love one either it was to an incurable disease, old age, and car accident or during time of war. Nevertheless, we have lost more love ones through gun violence. People have own guns since the time guns were invented, but “Are guns for everyone?” We have heard of gun laws throughout the whole United States of America some enforce those laws and other do not. The government enforce stricter gun control laws so the public can be safe, to stop gun violence, and to avoid incidents that can lead to the tragedy in the nation.

“You don’t need a weapon to protect yourself”. Bill Maher clearly stated that the existence weapon with us is unnecessary. This shows how irrelevant weapons are, and shows that a weapon is not needed for anyone to protect their selves. Weapons will destroy us, and cause harm without us realizing it. Crimes of passion are on the rise and they are easily enabled by the availability of guns. Gun control will make it difficult for people to own them, therefore they will not have any weapon that can easily end their lives and cause harm to others. Suicides and homicides at the moment become far too easy with a gun

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While some people think gun control is necessary the U.S.A does not need it while some, think that gun control laws should be more strict because they think that guns are the problem with all the crimes going on.

Gun control is a mission, usually by a government, to restrain, or stop people from owning or using guns. Gun control may also include the making, moving, and selling of guns. People want gun control because because guns are dangerous and in the United States gun control has become a hot topic in politics. In some countries including the United States allow people to have guns as self defense, but most country don’t. Originally, it was thought that the government cannot ban guns but cities and states could. Cities and states can’t ban handguns, Although banning all guns are not allowed anymore, there are allowed to stop sale of certain types of gun. For example: any guns that can fire many bullets at once quickly. “Firearms are generally classified