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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

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

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

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

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.

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

What if an individual could acquire a gun like you buy a pair of shoes whatever size or color you want? Could you imagine what it would be like? The mere thought of every person in the city walking around with guns is frightening. That will be the United States if Congress does not put stricter policies in place to control the situation. When looking at the news, or reading the paper or even surfing the web you will see overwhelming statistics. According to the USA Gun Violence Statistics, More than 30,000 people are killed by firearms each year in this country and More than 30 people are shot and murdered each day, 1/2 of them are between the ages of 18 and 35 and 1/3 of them are under the age of 20. Gun violence has caused terror and fear across the country due to the attacks on innocent people like Sandy Hook Elementary, where a 20 year old killed 20 children and 6 adults, a Shooting Frenzy at Fort Hood in 2009, or the movie goer who was shot and killed for texting in the movie theater, and Jordan Davis who was shot while in his car at a gas station in Jacksonville Florida, and we will never forget the massacres at Columbine and Virginia Tech. How many more people will have to die or become injured in these senseless acts of violence before changes are made to this problematic situation? Innocent individuals are being gun down for no apparent reasons. Enough is enough; I’m not saying that we should completely do away with the right to “Bear arms”; but the policies

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

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

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.

Admittedly, the amount of mass shootings in America is still going on onto this day, as last week, California had a recent one, carried out by a couple with assault grade weapons. Thus, this topic was brought up countless time on the news, what could be done. I believe pretending is part of the problem. These things happen over and over again and yet we do nothing and pretend it won’t happen again. Changing nothing and then believing something will change is a ludicrous ideology. This same ideology is being used by many Americans, we are given examples of other place throughout the world on how they turn their country gun problem around, similar to Australia, yet we pretend we don’t notice just like we pretend we don't notice our country's

An alarming 11,644 people in the United States have been killed by a gun this year, and it’s only October (Gun Violence Archive). Have you or someone you know ever been affected by gun violence? How much longer will it take until our leaders take a stand to stop it? Gun violence is violence committed with a gun involved, and it’s a growing problem that is causing many deaths and injuries all over the U.S. Gun violence in the United States poses a serious threat to the future of American citizens. It is a problem that is making the U.S. more dangerous and will ultimately make our society more violent in the future, so the elected leaders of our country need to pass laws that will ensure we are

In today’s world terrible things happen around every corner. It’s human’s nature for us to try to force all this evil onto something. Society has been aiming all the blame on guns and that’s how it’s been going for the past couple years. However is this the right decisions society is try to make? Or is it just human nature being afraid once again? Blaming guns for gun violence is like blaming a baby for crying. It cannot be controlled. Guns are merely tools used for killing, as are many other things but guns are the only thing that makes the news. Society needs to stop placing blame on the guns and place it on 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.