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We must simply solve as many problems as possible to try to alleviate them for the greater good. Once the citizens have come to this harsh realization the government must put new laws into action. Automatic weapons must be made illegal. They are for killing large groups of people and no American citizen should have to have so much responsibility on their shoulders unless they are at war fighting for our country. Another solution is once again making a ban on large magazine capacities. Citizens should not be allowed magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. Anymore than that is an unnecessary amount. Some states recognize this and have similar laws, but others fail to realize how many live this potential law could save. It should be made countrywide in order to insure the safety of the people. In order for it to be made a law it must first be made a

The United States of America has a problem that is growing worse every day. American laws are not protecting its citizens from injury or death. You may think the mass shootings in America the guns used were bought illegally, but “since 1982, there have been at least 62 mass shooter carried out with firearms across the country, with the killings unfolding in 30 states from Massachusetts to Hawaii. Of the 139 guns possessed by the killers, more than three quarters were obtained legally. The arsenal included dozens of assault weapons and semiautomatic handguns.” (Follman). Times have changed and so should our gun laws. The federal government should enact more control on all personal guns in order to reduce

On July 25, at Club Blu in Fort Myers, Florida, a shooter shot 18 people, killing 2 and injuring 16. Due to these recent shootings all across America, citizen become increasingly more concerned for their safety. We need to look at these shootings and realize that something needs to be done. We need to make the ways of obtaining guns and ammunition harder for everyone. Everyone needs to join forces and implant this problem that is plaguing on our great country.

The violence in the United States is a big issue, but making more gun laws is not the answer. It is an inevitable fact that making it harder to get access to guns would only lead people to turn to black markets and more underhanded deals. In an article for the Los Angeles Times, James Q. Wilson writes, “It is virtually impossible to use new background check or waiting-period laws to prevent dangerous people from getting guns. Those that they cannot buy, they will steal or borrow” (Wilson). Dramatic changes within gun controls laws would, in itself, make more people mad and possibly lead to riots. In many people's minds, more gun control laws would mean to taking guns away. Gun control laws within themself are not a bad thing, the extent to which they are taken within a nation

I don’t think there is a fix to this firearm issue. There are too many people that own firearms, and there is no way they are going to let that Amendment be changed. Even if the Second Amendment is removed from the Constitution, there are already too many guns out there. I will really like to know what the government is going to do about this. There guns murders and mass shutting keep increasing, and thing are getting out of hand. People are not going to have their guns taken away from them, and I understand that. They paid for those guns, and guns are not cheap. I don’t own a gun right now, but I’m sure I’ll probably buy one in the future. Knowing that there are so many people that own them, makes me feel in disadvantage. Probably many others

Imagine being able to get your hands on a gun in your community with ease when you were younger. Sounds cool right? Well, to some it might and that’s how young children are living in our communities now-a-days. Kids are able to get guns as long as they have parents with guns or the money to buy one. There aren’t enough restrictions on guns & who can get a hold of them on the streets and parents aren’t doing a well enough job of hiding their guns from their children. Something needs to be done. Too many children and young adults are being injured and murdered by something that is supposed to protect them. The ease in which youths are able to possess guns needs to be stopped. The harder it is for kids to get guns, the safer

Next, it is important to ask who are the people that really kill? Is it the gun or the person? People who defend the right to bear arms often state that it is not the gun that kills it is the individual that kills. Some feel the answer lies in that we need to introduce stricter laws on who is able to apply for license to carry guns. Gun laws vary from state to state with California being the most restrictive state to Arizona with the most lenient laws. These laws include background checks, waiting periods, and registration requirements to who can purchase and sells guns. Even with these laws in place we have still witnessed an increase in the number of mass shootings over the past few years. Implementing stricter gun control laws will ultimately not eliminate individuals from acquiring access to guns if they truly desire. State governments may require licenses to purchase guns but there remains an underground and online market to purchase guns, which does not monitor whether a person truly has a license or not. Rather than focusing on implementing stricter laws for control and ways to make the purchase

Gun control, you're either for or against it. No matter what anybody says we do have a problem. In 2015 13,286 people were killed by a firearm,but you can't take guns away from everybody, there is always a way to get a gun. In 2012 in Los Angeles, California the police taken in 122 illegal weapons for every 100,000 residents, New York was 39, and Chicago was 277, but that isn't including the ones that they haven't found yet. I think that we need to focus more getting the illegal weapons off the street and keep them out of the hands of felons, mentally ill, children under the age of 18 and maybe have a more extensive thorough background check and have some form of training to be able to purchase a gun. But in all reality I think to stop the

The gun violence, crimes, and cases in the United States is a national epidemic. A lot of people take advantage of guns using them and manipulating their weapon with hardly any thought. Many countless innocent lives have been lost because of the fact that people have been able to obtain firearms legally or illegally. These people have taken the notion to be the jury, judge, and executioner in holding someone’s life in their hands. For example, in the article Think Progress the state, “Courts have granted immunity to a man who went back to his car to get a gun, and another who shot a acquaintance for threatening to beat him up.”(Think Progress). Think Progress also states, “In Florida alone, 26 children and teens were killed in Stand Your Ground cases.”(Think Progress). These are very serious cases where people have misused their rights by manipulating the Stand Your Ground Law and their weapon. Gun violence just do not affect the victims, but it also affects poor neighborhoods, family and friends. The Atlantic report confirms great logos with providing statistical facts stating, “There are about 310 million guns in the country. About 40% of households have them.” Guns are so easy to obtain legally and illegally that America has the highest gun rate than any other country in the

A series of events involving guns has brought the United states to a realization that they might need to take action before more people get hurt. One event that has occurred among many is the shooting in Parkland Florida. On February 14, 2018 17 year old Nikolas Cruz took an AR-15 assault rifle into his former high school Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School killing 17 and wounding others. This was the deadliest school shooting since 2012 and Sandy Hook Elementary School. The government needs to keep guns out of people's hand that are not qualified or stable enough to own a gun, Also they government needs to create stricter requirements hand and or own a gun, Lastly, the government needs to to this to keep innocent adults and children safe.

This brings up not just one problem but a large and complex amount of problems since there is no one solution for these events. The problem isn’t guns but the people who carry them. “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people” is one of those quotes that many gun advocates use in there own defense, however, the truth is that people use guns for what they were made for, killing. So the blame isn’t the guns because that is there purpose, to end life, the blame is the people. Instead of putting all the blame on guns and the law we need to focus our attention on the people who commit these crimes and see why they committed them because finding the solution to what caused them to grab a gun and murder is the real solution to our “gun problem”.

There are many different perspectives on this topic. Some people believe the solution to this problem is gun control. There are different views on gun control. Some people believe guns should be taken away from the citizens of this country completely. Others believe certain guns are the cause and should be taken away. Yet others believe more control over accessories that can be attached to the gun is the answer. The first obstacle I see with gun control is the Second Amendment to the Constitution. Gun control laws are very difficult to write without taking away the rights of the individual. The second obstacle I see is border accessibility. Illegal guns and drugs are smuggled into the United States over land, in tunnels under the border, with airplanes, and over unsecured waterways. Without better border security, guns will still be accessible to the individuals that commit these crimes. After examining gun control I don’t see it as a viable solution to the problem.

An ongoing and highly debated social problem that continues to grow in our society today is the gun control epidemic. Gun violence in the United States is a national epidemic. Many people take advantage of guns using and manipulating the tool with hardly any thought. Countless lives have been lost due to fact that people have been able to obtain firearms legally or illegally and have taken the notion to be judge, jury and executioner in holding ones live in their hands. This is a common issue that will continue if action is not taken as a nation to try and stop it. Gun violence can lead many citizens to believe that no place is deemed safe anymore and recent tragedies that have taken place in United States holds up that statement. In

Specifically, the illegal sale of firearms on the streets and the lack of background checks in formal business transactions involving firearms are the most significant issues to be resolved. By the United States making firearms easy to access, violence only increases. For example, drug dealers, gangs, and prostitutes all seek dominance, and their weapon of choice is the gun. Of course, guns are significant on the street because they are easily concealed and fired. Moreover, with an increase in dissent and discord, the violence on the streets and among ordinary American citizens is not going to decline as long as gun use is

In America, the death count due to gun violence raised a couple ten thousand deaths each year. Yet, there has been no progress in solving this problem. Why has there been no progress?