The Controversy Of Gun Control In The United States

On June 12th, 2016 in the nightclub in Orlando Florida visitation when it 's one of the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in the history of the United States. This tragedy happened inside an Orlando nightclub called paws which happen to be a gay nightclub in Orlando Florida. The individual who assaulted helpless nightclub was 29-year-old American security guard Omar meteen. People believe that Omar was acting and a terrorist mindset. This is also called the second deadliest terrorist attack since September 11th attack in 2001. This malicious Act has also considered a hate crime being that this was a gay nightclub in Orlando as well as it was hosting a Latin night which Reports say that most of the victims were Hispanic. 50 people died during this horrible shooting spree as well as 53 people injured some which were critical. This level of attack has never been seen in US history being a single gunman. Being armed with a Sig Sauer MCX semi-automatic rifle and a 9 millimeter Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol Omar was estimated to fire over 202 rounds inside that nightclub. Even though Omar was legally allowed to purchase these weapons after this horrible mass shooting congress has been at constant war debating whether stricter gun control laws could have prevented this attack on American soil.

According to a report by the Switzerland-based Small Arms Survey, the United States has about 35-50 percent of the world’s civilian-owned guns and has less than 5 percent of the world’s population. With no restriction and so much freedom, firearms can be distributed throughout the United States illegally and obtained as easy as buying it from a person, disregarding all gun laws. Implementing stricter background checks can help reduce the amount of crime relating to gun violence. It can also keep firearms away from those who shouldn’t have possession of them.

The shooting occurred at the Fruitvale train station on January 1st, 2009. At the station, a fight broke out in one of the trains and when the train stopped the fight started again outside of the train at one of the stops. While they were fighting on the train the BART officers were called. The officers came and arrested everyone that was in the fight. A guy named Oscar Grant was in the fight and was also arrested (Meyer). While Grant was being arrested by Officer Mehserle, he resisted the officer’s attempts. Since Grant was resisting he was pushed onto the ground on his stomach to be handcuffed. Johannes Mehserle was having trouble handcuffing Grant so the other BART officers helped him. When Grant was on the ground Mehserle was going to tase him since he would not stop resisting. When Mehserle thought he pulled out his TASER, he instead pulled out his gun. Mehserle accidentally shot Grant with his gun since he thought he pulled out his TASER (Bulwa).

The Pulse Orlando shooting was one of the deadliest shootings to happen this year. There were so many lives lost because of one man’s hatred towards a certain group of people. The shooter himself dedicated countless hours to plan his attack on the club. Hate crimes happen all the time in the United States, too many. Many people lost their lives, the shooter was well informed on how to execute his plan, and this shooting was yet another example of a hate crime.

On June 10, 2016 there was another deadly shooting. Omar Mateen was responsible for the hate crime that he did. He opened fire at a gay club. It happened at Pulse Night Club. He killed 49 people and injured 58 others. Omar Mateen was shot and killed by the police. This Mass Shooting was considered a hate crime towards the LGBTQ community.

Three brothers for whatever reason decided that they would get their local police department into a shootout. Upon starting a shootout with the first officer to cross his path many more officers joined in the shootout when an undercover cop found himself in the middle and heroically sacrificed himself to stop the shootout. The main problem here is that for some reason these three brothers chose to start a shootout with law enforcement and the crossfire caused the death of an officer which is of course no surprise due to their actions. Of course the issue here is that the undercover officer lost his life in the crossfire to help stop the shooter and that

In the year 2016 alone, there have been 145 mass shootings around the United States, while there have been only 173 days in the years so far. In order to prevent these atrocities from occurring so frequently gun ownership should be regulated by both the federal and state governments through a background check for all sales of firearms. The National Instant Criminal Background Check System has prevented more than two million convicted felons and other prohibited purchasers from buying guns. The law also has a deterrent effect since the prohibited purchasers are less likely to try to buy guns when they know comprehensive background check requirements are in place. However, currently the federal law requires criminal background checks only for guns sold through licensed firearm dealers, which counts for only sixty percent of the total gun sales. The U.S. Congress needs to regulate the obtainment of guns with a background check for all sales of firearms in order to protect the lives of citizens in this country while not violating the Second Amendment and the rights of the state.

It was a very tragic situation, an officer should always know who/what they are shooting at every time they pull the trigger. It is a hard story to read and the radio talk amongst the police is even worse. After the officers had fired their weapons, in the graphic footage from one of the officers body cams, you could hear the two officers talking. An officer can be heard in the footage

The first call into 911 was made around 7:18pm of an armed man walking down Pioneer Avetowards the woods on the wet end of the street. The RCMP responded immediately. Setting up perimeters around the woods and neighborhood. Bourque had been spotted as he emerged from the words, crossing the street and entering woods that boarded the backyards of several homes in the area. Three officers trailed him, and as Bourque headed for a backyard one of the officers shouted to him and Bourque opened fire at officer Frabice Gevaudan but missed. The officer ran, radioing in that he was being shot at before being struck twice in the torso dying almost immediately.

70 police officers were on the case, but the case was over because the man shot himself. The kids were hurried off to the hospital in a helicopter, and soon one of them died.

Recently, there have been two major incidents of gun violence that took place in the United States. The Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport shooting happened on January 6, 2017, where Esteban Santiago, United States veteran, bought a one-way ticket from Alaska to Florida, with a firearm and two magazines, as reported by CNBC. According to USA Today, he retrieved his luggage, loaded the weapon in a bathroom, and opened fire. Five individuals lost their lives and six were wounded in the process. Bryan Santiago, the shooter’s brother, claimed that Esteban “was behaving differently when he returned from Iraq” and “sometimes couldn't control his anger.” Esteban Santiago was previously admitted to a psychiatric institute after claiming he heard voices

In the past few years Gun control has become a hot topic throughout America. With all the shootings going around the United States, we are faced with controversies over gun control. Americans believe that their government is going to do whatever is best for them, but is that true when they are trying to strip us of our rights that were created for us over 300 years ago. Our country has been thriving with the amendments and laws set before us, and today we are trying to change them. But by just changing a few laws is that really going to stop a criminal from getting what they wanted, there criminals for a reason. Our second amendment gives us the right to bear arms and protect our selves from enemies foreign and domestic. This is the foundation of country; we fight to keep the right that were given to us, so that we can protect our families, our country, and our freedom.

When Mateen entered Pulse and opened fire, the bartender of the club thought the gunfire was a malfunction in the stereo. Because it was “Latin flavor” night, over 300 people were at the club at the time of the shooting. According to people inside the nightclub, the loud music and darkness created confusion during the panic.

On January 6,2017, just before 1pm, reports came in that there has been a shooting inside the Fort Lauderdale airport in Florida. This attack last Friday left 5 people dead and eight injured. This comes at a time when the United States is very vulnerable with Donald Trump replacing Obama as president, Russia allegedly hacking, and unsteady affairs with foreign countries. This is the first mass shooting of the year and is a very depressing one. What the police have found out is the killer is Esteban Santiago. Santiago is a 26 year old National Guard veteran living in Anchorage Alaska. In 2010-2011 Santiago was deployed to Iraq and when he returned he was not the same. He reported to the FBI he thought the government was controlling his mind

Arcan Cetin, a United States resident who is originally from Turkey, is suspected of killing four women and one man at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington. It is presumed based on video evidence that he originally entered the mall unarmed, and then within minutes he walked back into the mall, into Macy’s, carrying a rifle when he then proceeded to shoot five victims. In an article by CNN, the police mentioned that when he was finally found, he seemed “kind of zombie-like” (2016) and did not say anything nor did he put up a fight when he was arrested. The police are currently unaware of his reasoning and motives behind the shooting and whether or not he even knew the victims that he fatally shot. He was a troubled teenager and had been in and out of the court system due to acts of assault and physical harassment of girls at his high school. There are no significant signs pointing to a terrorist threat but the police said that they were not going to rule anything out since it is so early in the investigation.