Gun Control Mass Shootings

An ever increasing emphasis on the prevention of mass shootings has presented the option of gun control and bans. Mass shootings have occurred many times throughout history, but have

Mass shootings are increasing in the United States, and gun control advocates are seizing the opportunity to push anti-gun legislation to deter gun violence in America. Guns and the Second Amendment have come to the forefront of political rhetoric, leading to conflicting views between lawmakers on the future of gun legislation. Republican lawmakers are encouraging law abiding citizens to acquire firearms and to defend themselves against acts of violence by criminals. On the contrary, Democratic lawmakers believe the only way to slow gun violence in the United States is to remove guns from society. While certain politicians believe strict gun laws would protect the American people, the proposed policies would make our nation more vulnerable

It appears as though the repetitive and unfortunate tragedies of mass shootings have become incorporated into the everyday life of American culture. We are forced to live in a heightened degree of fear, skepticism, and hesitation concerning our public safety. This phenomenon could reasonably occur in response to the vast ineffectiveness of the country’s current gun laws. Time after time similar misfortunes arise, yet few major changes are implemented to prevent them from reoccurring in the future. We cannot let this trend continue any further. Though some claim that increased gun control is useless and infringes upon the Second Amendment, it limits civilians’ weapons grade, obstructs those deemed unfit to wield such lethal weapons, and insures a greater level of security, thus it should be executed.

The occurence of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting of December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut. The gunman, was 20-year-old Adam Lana, who first shot and killed his mother at their Newtown home. He then drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School where he fatally shot 20 children and 6 adult staff members. As first responders arrived, Lana committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. The shooting began at approximately 9:30 a.m. Sandy Hook was the deadliest mass shooting at a high school or grade school in U.S. history and the second-deadliest mass shooting by a single person in U.S. history, after the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre. This shooting yet again assured the nation that gun violence is still as big of a problem as it was back in the late 90’s when 27 teenagers got killed in another mass killing in Columbine, Colorado. We as a nation must stand up and oppose mass murdering because these actions are not only unjust but inhuman as well.  The increase in gun violence can be decreased by, identifying the regions in the country where the most gun violence occurs and restricting their access to limiting or monitoring the availability of guns and ammunition.

In recent years since 2011, mass shootings have tripled in number (Gius 8). With the huge increase in shooting our nation has been relentlessly searching for an answer on how to stop all these mass shootings. Inside the political system people of high rankings believe that the answer is to put in place laws that would limit certain aspects in the either purchasing or carrying or a gun. With the victims of shooting vocalizing their beliefs that gun control will be the answer for our question is slowly persuading the few who have not dug deeper into the subject. “Everyone in this issue wants the same thing; we all want major gun violence and crime rates to go down. In order for this to happen for us as a nation we must take action as and unite

In the United States, mass shootings have been an issue for decades. The latest being the Las Vegas shooting where 58 people were killed and 546 people were injured. This is just one of many examples of the shootings that have taken place within this nation. Statistics from CNN also show that in the last ten years, four of the five deadliest shootings have occurred. (Willingham, Ahmed) The lack of strictness which the United States has on the ability to obtain guns gives leeway for these incidents to happen. When thinking about the safety of the citizens of the nation, one can argue that there needs to be better policies put in place to ensure fewer deaths which are caused by gun violence. While many can argue the Second Amendment prevents

n this article, Cooke examines many of the most horrific mass shootings of recent years with the purpose of hypothesizing whether stricter gun control laws would have prevented any or all of those tragedies. His conclusion is that they would not have. He then extends this contention to state that gun control laws in general are useless, because they clearly do not prevent acts of mass violence.

In the wake of the massive school shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, we as Americans have been forced to go back and dwell on the issue of gun control. With shootings being on the rise over the past couple years, the media has had some very intense and heated discussions about the issue of gun control. These debates have always led to politicians driving toward gun safety legislation, appeasing the public. This legislation, however, very rarely seems to go through, even though nine out of ten Americans favor basic control such as universal background checks prior to the purchasing of a firearm. Afterward, another shooting happens, and we are forced to go through this process again, much like an endless cycle.

How many times are these mass shootings in the United States of America going to take place? How long is too long before we realize that “Sending our prayers and thoughts to the victims of the families affected by such tragedies” is not going to cut it? When are we going to address the fact that America as a whole needs to take action towards such horrendous tragedies? Blaming such events on terrorism, mental instability and so forth is not the solution. We need to look at the big problem before us and that is we need to regulate gun control. If we have these regulations beforehand, we would have less to worry about. People go to such events as a form of stress relief, entertainment and to meet their favorite artists. Instead, here we are worried,

Protecting the lives of its citizens is the predominant responsibility of government. Where it cannot do so, trust in government falls and civil society is threatened. The lack of action is frustrating and as there is an increase of number in instances of innocent people losing their lives, citizens are left questioning if anything will ever change. One may argue; citizens have the right to defend themselves against a tyrannical government; however; there should be erect legal barriers that establish it more difficult for individuals with a higher propensity for violence to obtain guns. But perhaps part of the reason Congress hasn't fully addressed the rising tide of shootings is that the federal government lacks basic research into which

Currently in the United States, there is a large debate going on about what we should do about gun control. This issue played a large role in the recent election of our president Donald Trump. In this issue, there are two sides as well as a middle section that agrees slightly with both sides. On the extreme sides of the issue, some people believe that guns should be completely not allowed in the United States, while some believe there should be no regulation whatsoever due to the second amendment rights given to us by our forefathers. Then there are the people in the middle who believe there should be some regulation, such as background checks when you purchase

‘Crime prevention’ is an extremely broad term that intends to change and shape behaviour or events in order to reduce the possibility or probability of crime. “Crime prevention is a rather elastic term, which at its broadest encompasses any activity intended to reduce the frequency of events defined as crimes by the criminal law” (Hough et al, 1980 cited in Doherty, 2005, p.126). Thus is can be hard to completely define crime prevention in one singular definition, as there are many areas that can be discussed and defined differently. There are different ways in which crime prevention is defined, these fall into two intertwining categories. These two categories of crime prevention will be the main focus of this essay.

“In Las Vegas, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock of Mesquite, Nevada, rains gunfire on a crowd of 22,000 concertgoers from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, killing 58 people and injuring almost 500. Witnesses say the gunshots last between 10 and 15 minutes” (CNN). Mass shootings have been a widespread problem throughout the United States in recent history. With these mass shootings arises mass concern on gun control and gun violence. Gun control should not be restricted and it will not solve the problem, but rather restrictive gun control will create a much larger problem since people would not be able to own a gun to rightfully defend themselves in a mass shooting scenario.

It’s 2017, and we are living in a world where we have become accustomed to hearing about mass shootings. You turn on the news and it's almost guaranteed that people will hear something about a shooting if you were to turn on the news. No person should get used to hearing about shootings. What can we do to decrease the amount of shootings that go on in our world? Some have proposed banning guns altogether, stricter gun laws, stay the same, or less gun laws altogether. However, I believe citizens should have the right to bear arms and be background checked for past crimes and mental issues. The only way we can lessen the severity of criminals with illegal firearms is to have law-abiding citizens with legal firearms.

The topic of gun control and stricter gun laws has understandably been at the forefront of the public mind for a long period. A recent string of mass shootings in the United States that seem to cost more and more lives each time has made the issue all the more urgent. Meanwhile, rates of mass shootings in countries around the world are much lower than those in the United States. A telltale statistic that might explain this difference is the number of guns per person present in the United States compared to other countries. Fewer available guns, the thinking goes, the less chance a person with a grudge or illness will be able to do mass harm to a large group crowded together. In order to curb gun violence, the United States must pass stricter gun-control laws at the national level, and remove local laws and ordinances that contradict the national law. These laws should aim to reduce gun ownership and gun violence while making gun-control policy uniform across all fifty states.