Gun Law Against Gun Control

On Wednesday June 18, 2015 nine shot dead at a historical black church in Charleston, South Dakota and only a month later on July 16, 2015 in Chattanooga, Tennessee with five dead leaving citizens devastated. The past year contains more than 350 mass shootings, averaging 1.02 shootings per day and continuous growing number of deaths, multiple mass shootings around the world leaving dozens of victims in its path. There is no exact definition of mass shootings, but most sources believe it is when four or more people are shot in one location. Citizens in America are easily able to obtain a gun and the growing issue is whether this should change and stronger laws in place. Although citizens believe gun control laws take away second amendment and right to protect themselves, mass shootings are increasing yearly and action needs to happen to prevent the next attack.

There have been many times where people in stores, at house and even in the streets have done self protection with the usage of guns. 9 out of 10 times a criminal is going to flee the place if he or she notices that person with a gun. A victim of rape, Kimberly Corban, ask Obama in a press conference of how she is suppose to protect herself and her children if another accident happens. Another example of how owning firearms are a key part of self protection is how they can can scare people off that put you in danger. A man from Texas, James Gerow, woke up hearing an intruder in his house. He quickly walked out of his room noticing a man wearing a dark hoodie how shouldnt have been in his house. James grabbed his gun and chased the man outside where the cops have arrived and took the criminal to the nearest prison available. Therefore, many people use guns to protect themselves. James used the gun for self protection and he did not shoot at the intruder. This means if the usage of guns is taken away from the people that live in the United States how are they suppose to protect

Although The National Rifle Association, America’s largest, private gun advocacy group, will argue that “Studies indicate that firearms are used over 2 million times a year for personal protection...”(Lapidos.), the Violence Policy Center (backed by data from the FBI and the National Crime Victimization Survey) reports that “…the total number of self-protective behaviors involving a firearm by victims of attempted or completed violent crimes or property crimes… comes to an annual average of 67,740.” That’s a rather large discrepancy suggesting that the number of guns actually used in self-defense is much less than the NRA would have us believe. Clearly, “as the VPC paper states, ‘guns are rarely used to kill criminals or stop crimes.’(Lapidos.)” In contrast, Americans are now more likely to die from gun violence than a car accident (Samuels.) As documented by the Gun Violence Archive, year-to-date in 2015 there have already been 7,347 deaths and 14,777 injuries. Of those deaths and injuries, 416 of them were children under the age of eleven and 1,424 were teens between the ages of twelve and

Gun laws of the United States are found in a number of federal statutes. These laws are put in place to regulate the manufacture, trade, possession, transfer, record keeping, transport, and destruction of firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition. The right to keep and bear arms is protected by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. However, you have to be eligible to possess and own firearms within the United Sates. I feel that it is good to have laws in place when it comes to firearms. You don’t want just anyone to be able to purchase a firearm. For example children ages below 18, people with mental illness, felons, etc.… It is a privilege to be able to protect yourself but there are laws in this world and they are there for a reason; the protection of all

In the space separating 1982 and 2012 the U.S. had approximately sixty-two mass shootings. Just because of this statement gun control should be fortified in order to reduce crime rate. Gun control laws in the U.S. are too facile. An example of this is that you can walk into a Walmart with money and an I.D. and walk out with a handgun. There are restrictions to gun ownership but they are not enforced. Usually the opposing crowd who do not want to bolster gun control use the Second Amendment as an excuse to not agree with the idea that emphasizing gun control will help the U.S. in many ways. Gun control in the U.S. should and needs to be

The problem with guns in America has been an ongoing issue for many years. According to statistics from the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, in 2010 alone there were about 31,076 deaths by gun and all were either homicides, suicides or unintentional shootings. 73,505 people were treated in the hospital for non fatal gunshot wounds in 2010 as well. Gun control laws are a benefit to America because they would help reduce gun deaths and other gun-related incidents all over the nation. Furthermore, they would reduce crime all over the country, for example armed robbery and assault with a gun, and homicide. Although it is believed that gun control laws will obstruct the right to self-defense or deny people a sense of safety, statistics show that guns are rarely used in self defense. Not only that, but the majority of adults including gun owners, support gun control such as background checks and bans on assault weapons (ProCon.Org). There have already been far too many innocent deaths in the past.

Shooting in the US is not uncommon, which is unfortunate. Most mass shooters obtain their weapon legally surprisingly; actually there have been at least 61 mass murders since 1982, across the US. One of the biggest problems is out the 11 deadliest shooting 5 happen from 2007 to now; almost half of the shooting is within less than a decade. Even an increase of civilian with a gun will not decrease mass shooting, according to Mother Jones magazine not a single one of the 62 mass shooting in the past 30 years was stopped by a civilian that was carrying a gun. In fact they could actually worsen the situation and could put them or other in harm’s way. The amount of mass shooting is alarming increasing over the past decade and even arming civilian will not charge

Having too many laws against gun control won’t work because laws don’t protect us from the criminals that have their own ways to possess guns. Laws can’t prevent our country from a chaos, for example: if there’s a criminal who wants to create a shooting in a school, mall, park, or on the street, laws can’t prevent that from happening not even the police/government.

In the last 3 years, 1000 mass shootings were committed in the United States are which is why the majority of the U.S. citizens do not feel safe in their own country. As a consequence, for the local attempts to convince the regime to act, the U.S government adopted laws for the restriction of firearm use. However, the number of deaths caused by firearms is still significant. For this reason, this essay will discuss the question whether the laws surrounding gun control in America should be restricted.

The arguments stating that guns are needed for self defense is not a valid argument. Therefore, guns should not be allowed because they aren’t even used for our protection; they harm us more than they help.

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

Ever since the Bill of rights was accepted by the US Supreme Court in 1791, US citizens have had the right to carry guns. This has undoubtedly become a part of their culture and lifestyle. From that year up to recently, guns have been freely kept, however the current debate is whether guns should be still permitted due to the large quantities of shootings that have taken place during the past years. Even though guns are part of American culture and lifestyle, they should no longer be allowed. The consequences of people carrying guns with complete freedom and no knowledge of their mental state can lead to the murder of innocent

Guns are rarely used for self defense; In a nation of more than 300 million firearms, it is striking how rarely guns are used in self defense. Guns should be used to defend yourself and the people you care about, not to just go out and kill random people that do not deserve it.

Gun Control as well as mass shootings are one of the recurrent subjects in the United States of America. In at least every year, America always experiences incidences of mass shootings which all have been found to have different motives from respective shooters including terrorism and mental issues. According to newsweek, there are approximately 33000 gun injury and death related incidences combined every year which means there is a chance of mass murder on a daily basis in the US. This is a clear indication that United States as a developed country has got a lot to accomplish at the present as well as in the future in order to mitigate the shootings and at least be at par with the rest of the developed world.

England passed a law banning all handguns in 1997 following a school shooting(Malcolm). However, in 2002, handgun crime has more than doubled by nearly thirty-five percent since then(Malcolm). There are two flaws in the idea that England’s strict gun law is responsible for its low levels of crime. First, violence and armed crime was low before gun controls were implemented. Secondly, the long decline in the interpersonal violence ended in 1953, and violent crime has been escalating ever since then, despite increasingly strict gun regulations(Malcolm). The first serious gun control was imposed in 1920 not because of fear of crime, but rather due to fear of revolution(Malcolm). In the beginning of World War I, the government faced massive labor disruption, feared a Bolshevik revolution, and worried about the return of thousands of soldiers brutalized by an especially ferocious war. The new act required a prospective gun owner to obtain a certificate from the local police, who were responsible for determining whether the applicant was in good standing for possession of a firearm. Parliament was assured that the sole intention of the law was to keep weapons out of the hands of criminals and other dangerous persons.(Malcolm) Despite the fact that laws were implemented to remove guns from citizens, crime still increased, and most of the citizens had no way to defend themselves when held at range from a deadly combatant.