Gun Violence And Gun Control

The article was originally published in 2013, a year after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, which was a mass shooting that killed 20 children and six adults. This tragedy leads to high concerns about what can possibly be done to prevent this from happening again. Although gun control debates have been occurring for centuries, in recent debates they have become even more heated due to the many incidents of gun violence. In Simon’s article, she brought more tension and views to help delegate what needs to be done to stop the violence in the country rather than leave it

There are similarities of plot between both stories, for example, both of the men are soldiers at war. As an example “On a rooftop near O’Connell Bridge, a republican sniper lay watching”

The United States is one of the few countries were the right to bear arms is protected by the constitution. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most violent with incidents involving guns this year reaching an estimated 36,212 and an approximate 9,050 deaths (“Gun Violence Archive”). There are an estimated 310 million firearms in households across American, these are only estimates because current gun laws do not require them to be registered or tracked. A more staggering estimate is that most of the guns owned by private citizens are semi-automatic guns, the same type of gun used in almost all mass shootings. While these privately owned guns are legally purchased, many times, they land in the hands of criminals, and owners never report them stolen. Mass shootings and gun crimes are not the only issues with gun violence the one never talked about is suicide, more guns available equals more suicides. The United States is one of the easiest countries to own a gun legally or illegally, stricter gun control laws are necessary.

Eighty-nine people depart from this earth due to gun violence in the US every day. From school children, to victims of domestic violence, to people going about their daily lives, this status quo is unacceptable. On Tuesday January 5th, 2016 President Obama announced that he would send proposals on reducing gun violence in America to Congress. His spokesman, Jay Carney, mentioned that this is “a complex problem that will require a complex solution.” The ability to own a gun is considered by some a birthright of Americans. However, with crime rates involving handguns rising each day it has become quite clear. Handgun laws must become stricter in order to reduce homicide and crime. The question is, “which solution in most effective in decreasing gun violence?” Gun control is a major conflict that is constantly reoccurring and the US is seemingly divided over it.

The United States of America has been described by many people as the Land of the Free; a Land of Opportunities. There has always been a gun culture in America; however it has also been a gun-control culture. Whenever a devastating mass shooting occurs, such as the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, a deliberation about gun violence follows suit. Depending on whom you discuss this with, that case is not always true. There are those that are for gun control and those that are against. There are also conspiracy theories that claim that the events that occurred on that day were, in fact, staged with “crisis actors” playing the part of the deceased, yet they kept “popping” up in all the news photographs? Did it really occur or was this a way to bring to attention the fact that the Government want to stop honest Gun Owners in having weapons to protect themselves? Was there a complete lack of documentation of the school shooting and did it really occur? There certainly has been a lack of, or perhaps, a complete absence of any photographic proof of dead bodies, or what is noticeably staged, emotionless actors walking around in circles looking lost! Was the purpose to move the anti-gun movement forward?

Gun control has been a continued issue amongst politicians and civilians in the United States. The U.S. has a homicide rate twenty-five times the average of any other developed country in the world. Specifically, mass shootings have been in the limelight as of late due to the deadliest Las Vegas, Nevada shooting, along with Orlando, Florida, and Newtown, Connecticut being in the recent past. Aim has been set on the mentally ill for these mass shooting, and our gun control laws because of this. America agrees gun laws need to be strengthened, but how to do so is the problem ahead. The target should not be on the mentally ill due to their miniscule effect on gun violence.

Gun control has been always been an issue and constant topic discussed in many government law debates. Should we be allowed to have guns or should we leave guns for official use such as the U.S military and Secret Service? In Fareed Zakaria’s article “The solution to gun violence is clear”, Zakaria proclaims that the solution to homicidal shootings such as Newtown and Connecticut can be solved with one simple step. That step is to firmly regulate guns in the United States. Zakaria states that the president focuses on many issues that do not reach the core of the problem, which would be “from mental health issues to school safety” (Zakaria). Throughout the article, Zakaria argues that cultural differences does not affect the rate of gun homicides

Slowly and steadily stealing into our lives like a shadowy hoard from the burning bowels of the earth, the fiery debate on gun control threatens to rend our country in two. Both sides often point deadly fingers at motives and character instead of arguments. Beliefs, founded and unfounded, range widely across the board. On one side of this treacherous issue, Mark Follman penned an article for Mother Jones titled “More Guns, More Mass Shootings – Coincidence?” in an attempt to destroy the pro-gun position. However, because he based upon a flawed worldview and some faulty logic, Follman comes to incorrect conclusions.

The United States is home to approximately 5% of the world’s population and 31% of all mass shootings. Through these mass shootings and various other methods of gun violence, tens of thousands of people die every year. These gun-related deaths primarily originate from murder and children accidentally shooting themselves. Although those in favor of gun control tend to believe that guns should be terminated completely, the second amendment prevents lawmakers from being able to do so. Therefore, in order to combat these causes, alternative gun control solutions must be made for each one. Gun-related murders can be decreased through the use of universal background checks. Additionally, accidental shootings can be minimized through the

The United Sates has one of the highest rates of gun related violence. The major factors on gun violence are the powerful types of guns expressly designed for killing people and the lack of preventing all gun violence. America talks about death by gun violence. Gun control can come from all types of things in the world. 240,000 guns are given to minors without parents even knowing that they have one. The gun owners can sell a gun without having a background check and will not get in trouble for it. According to Gutierrez, “Anybody will sell you a gun…I mean no matter what, if you want a gun and you show them the money, and tell them you want to buy it, he’s going to definitely sell it to you” (3). The U.S. should have stricter gun control laws

One of my similarities is, they both are about family's. Throughout the articles people lose their family's when they are traveling. In article one, it states that, " More one quarter of the Jews on board the ship was later killed in the Holocaust." The Fresno family had some trouble getting to America too. The article states that, " the Fresno family had to adjust to a new life in California.

From these four articles written by Franken, Snyder, Ellison, and Will I personally found Will's piece to be the most persuasive with Franken's not far behind. Will's approach was more formal while Franken's style was more satirical, but I felt both authors were able to incorporate Rank's model and persuade the reader more subtlety than the other authors

Former Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer once said "Yes, people pull the trigger - but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror". Spitzer’s words makes one think: should we fear the person behind the gun or the gun itself? The majority of violent crimes that happen in America are not only caused by a criminal, but also the weapon in which the criminal is holding. America’s gun violence problem stems from the increasing accessibility of firearms. Many of the mass shootings in America could have been prevented if access to semi-automatic and automatic weapons were completely banned. Gun violence is an arising issue, and a change needs to be made concerning the gun laws in the U.S. Stricter gun control laws is necessary to prevent high accessibility to firearms and mass shootings, also research shows that Australia’s strict gun control laws are proven to be more efficient in preventing gun violence.

The great gun debate has been at a standstill for decades and does not seem to be leaning towards any one side. With both parties providing strong arguments, it's no wonder the issue of guns and gun violence are so troublesome. The essay, "What Should America Do About Gun Violence?" by Wayne LaPierre supports the side of gun usage in America as he claims the America needs to search for the real reason why guns are abused, instead of adding more gun regulations.

Assuredly, human beings possess the capacity to exercise rationality and then act upon said capacity to benefit themselves, their communal peers, and even the global community. Unfortunately, there are also those who prefer to use whatever assets are at their disposal in order to exact physical and/or psychological harm upon others, even if their targets do not intend to commit the same against their antagonists. For several decades, differing models of firearms have been used in the United States for various reasons. Kleck found that in the Unites States, the number of owned handguns alone exceeds one hundred million (as cited in Kates & Mauser, 2007, p. 23). Furthermore, one of Kates’ works asserted that well over three million people in the United States have obtained permits that allow them to possess handguns in public, as long as they are concealed (as cited by Kates & Mauser, 2007, p. 23). As Gius recounted, however, the ill use of firearms has been involved in a number of highly-publicized atrocities, including individual massacres that occurred in a theater in Aurora, Colorado, a school in Newtown, Connecticut, and a second school in Blacksburg, Virginia (Gius, 2014, p. 1). Considering the fact that these actions were committed with firearms, some people have demanded restricting the access of certain firearm types and/or ammunition from specific sorts of people, if not as many citizens as legislatively possible. However, restricting gun access is not necessarily a