Gun Control: The Role Of Mass Shootings In The United States

Gun control in America is one of the most fiercely debated topics in today’s political sphere. Nearly everyone has an opinion and there is a mind-boggling amount of information typically discussed regarding the matter. Media hot takes and campaign talking points aside, far too many lives have been lost to gun violence. A total of 12,902 in 2016, to be exact. The fact that more lives have been lost to gun violence in the United States this year than the 5,000 lost in the almost 10-year war effort overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan is appalling. Is sensible and reasonable gun control progress attainable in our near future? That remains to be seen, however it is my intention to respectfully dissect an argument presented by none other than an essay

Guns have been used throughout history for war, hunting, and protection. Since then, the killing capacity and speed of guns has improved dramatically. Guns have been a part of American culture from its roots. However, as times have changed and guns are no longer a necessity, gun control has become increasingly urgent to prevent unnecessary crime and killings. Guns should be banned for everyone but the law enforcement and military. Guns should be banned to prevent mass shootings and lower crime rates, while being supported by history and the constitution.

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.

Although people against gun regulations argue that guns are what keeps us safe, there was a study done by New York City cardiologists which states that the U.S. has 88 guns per 100 people, but there are about 10 gun-related deaths per 100,000 people which is more than any of

The article, “The Truth About Mass Shootings and Gun Control: Crime and killings have fallen as gun ownership has increased”, was written in a manner to target a specific audience by using a current hot topic amongst politicians in the United States on gun control. By discussing recent mass shooting, the author is able to appeal to his audience with Ethos appeal allowing him to maintain the attention of the audience, which, otherwise would be overlooked by people outside his target audience.

As a result of the Las Vegas Massacre, people are demanding political action to be taken. Mass shootings have been almost too regularly occurring in the past ten years. In fact, just in our current year, “there have been two hundred and seventy three mass shootings in the United States” (Fox 1). This number averages to seven and a half mass shootings per week! These staggering numbers are pressing a very real issue to our leader on gun control laws. A mass shooting has no true definition but follows a strict criteria.According to the Gun Violence Archive, which receives data from shooting incidents, a "mass shooting" is any incident in which a gunman kills four or more people, selects victims randomly, and attacks in a public place (Fox 1). It is necessary for action to be taken in order to decline the occurrence of gun violence. The topic of gun control has sparked great controversy amongst Americans. Protests regarding this issue has led me to research gun control to see how heavily it corresponds with mass shootings. Are more strict gun control laws essential to low gun- related crimes in the United States?

Gun control supporters believe that the number of guns available to the American public is much greater than it should be. There is estimated to be over two hundred million guns among the three hundred million citizens in our nation. The advocated of gun control believe that more guns lead to more crime. The number of gun related deaths in the United States is about thirty times that in the United Kingdom. This means that per every 100,000 deaths 2.9 are gun related in the United States, where as it is 0.1 in the United Kingdom. Additionally, half of the deadliest shootings in the world have occurred in the United States. Gun related crimes in the United States did decline in the 90’s but since 2005 they have been on the rise again with about 30,000 people a year dying as a result of a firearm. In 2015 there were 5 mass shootings in the United States, killing 40 people and injuring 42. This number is up from 2014, with two mass shootings.

It is important to also face the reality that implementing the gun control policy will not do anything to make society safer. The truth is that it is not the guns that kill people. People are the ones killing one another. Thus, even if there is a gun control policy in place, people will still kill others with guns that they secured illegally if they are really desperate to do so. It can also be noticed that in most cases where guns are involved, the guns were purchased illegally and therefore unregistered (Spitzer 2009, p. 24). This only proves that guns can still be acquired by people with the ill intention to kill or hurt others even if there is a gun control policy in place.

The high death rate can also be linked back to the ready accessibility of guns and the willingness to use maximum force in conflict. The fact that the U.S is a highly violent environment makes the influence of gun use to the death rate much greater. America has a problem with violence and a problem with guns and each one in turn makes the other more lethal. Common strategies of gun control are the attempt to restrict hazardous people from being able to attain and use guns and to outlaw the use of easily misused guns such as sawed off shot guns, automatic weapons, and grenades from the general public. Most gun control strategies do not make much impact on the use of guns.

The gun violence and gun control in america needs help but should we add more guns laws. Do you think we should add gun laws to make it more difficult to purchase a weapon. I think that their should be more gun laws to make it harder to purchase a gun any every state.

In 2000, Isaac Amanios, a 44 year old from the African country of Eritrea, fled to the U.S. in search of a safe haven from the violence and repression happening in his home country. Despite the rumors of a safe country, he instead arrived in a country ravaged by gun violence and mass shootings. Ultimately, these shootings would claim his life, along with 13 others in San Bernardino barely two weeks ago. America is clearly unable to protect their citizens with the weak and sporadic gun control laws it has now! This year alone, according to a study done by the International Action Network on Small Arms, people wielding guns have killed over 30,000 people. How many innocent lives must be lost, hearts broken, and families torn apart

It is suprising how bad gun violence is in the United States and how little gun control does to put a stop to it. Gun control is any law, executive order, or legislation that tries to stop gun violence by simply taking or restricting guns from everyone. The idea is if there are fewer guns in the US, then there must be less gun violence. “In the United States alone, 440,095 people died of firearms related causes of gun violence in 2001 through 2014 (Bower)”. This idea of restricting guns is to hopefully stop gun violence is supported mostly by Democrats and other people with leftist politics (Liberals) as a potential solution to gun violence. Laws like these often unfairly target guns like assault rifles (guns that are or were used by the infantry units in the military), handguns, and semi-automatic rifles (any rifle that has a magazine and only fires one shot per trigger pull) even if they have no relevance to gun violence. Although many people do believe gun control will work, it should not be allowed to take guns away from healthy and innocent American citizens. Instead, we need laws to get illegal guns off of the market and stop letting gun shows distribute illegal guns. Mass gun control seems like the simple solution to gun violence because fewer guns should mean less gun crime thinking, but it will only make guns a financial burden for civilians, allow for loopholes to be created, cause more guns to enter illegal markets which would make mass murders even more commonplace, and create a huge problem for law enforcement.

According nbcnew.com (2014), the prime reason why people obtain guns is for safety and self-defense. In 2012, an analysis done by the NYPD (New York Police Department) shows that 27% of gun related injuries are for self-defense, and that the other 73% are due misfires, false alarms, and criminal activities. An incident that occurred just this January at a Chicago mall where a man got separated from his girlfriend is an example of one of the numerous accidents in which guns were misused. When the girlfriend found him and decided to surprise him, he turned around and shot her in the leg, having thought that she was some stranger trying to assault him. Also, it was proven by the U.S Mental Health and Safety that when a citizen has easy access

In society today, there are many casualties from gun violence cases which are very big social problem. There was shooting in Las Vegas on OCT. 2017 which killed more than 50 people and more than 500 people were injured because of gun violence. Also, there was another mass shooting in Orlando at nightclub by “radical Islamic terrorism” which killed 50 people and lead more than 53 casualties (Brander). Admittedly, some people claimed that they should have the right to ‘self-defense’ which allows possession of guns; however, in modern society there is a host of issues stemming gun violence that threat people’s safety, so gun control should be stricter.

Las Vegas shooting has been one of the most recent terror attack in the United States. This attack has become one more mass shooting to the history of the United States, that involved the life of more than 300 people. The U.S. Department of Homeland security (DHS) was created to protect the United States to prevent danger such as terror attack to decrease the possibilities of terror attack in the United States. Since the attack that just happened in Las Vegas this past October 1, 2017. It has become a big controversy in our nation. In this essay, I’ll be focusing on what occurred in the mass shooting, the 2nd amendment and if the safety have improved regarding gun violence and mass shooting in the past years in the US. (1)