The Importance Of Gun Control In The United States

Taxpayers pay about 12.8 Million everyday cost of related gun deaths and injuries. Each year over 11,000 are killed from Gun violence in the United States. Even over 20,000 commit suicide using Gun Violence a year, that’s all average about 229 Billon dollars a year. The killers don’t know that even though their family is not the one going through the harsh moments, their

By the year 2003, it is expected that firearms will cause the most injury-related deaths in the United States, surpassing even automobile accidents. Poll after poll have revealed that most Americans favor stricter gun control laws. Five recent suburban school shootings have demonstrated that when guns and kids mix, tragedy results. Yet gun control legislation remains at a standstill.

Gun regulation has been a controversial topic since they were first established as a weapon. People for and against gun regulation provide strong arguments for their side. Gun regulation has fluctuated over time due to changes in office. Being a democracy prevents us from having consistency. As a nation we continue to change regulations on guns because of the different views our democracy allows us to have. The main aspects pose the most problems in gun control are violence, illegal sale of guns, and mental health checks.

As a public health crisis, the government is not only justified in taking action to curb the problem, but they should also feel obligated. Over 10,000 Americans die due to gun violence each year, and tens of thousands more are injured (Brady Campaign, 2017). Aside from protecting its citizens and their lives, gun violence also creates an economic burden on the United States. Researchers estimate that the annual cost of gun violence is $235 billion, which gives policymakers an economic incentive to reduce that externality

Gun regulation would not really decrease the amount of violent crime. Guns kill Sixty percent of all homicide victims in the United States. Firearms hurt an additional seventy thousand per year. Medicare gave out 14 billion dollars last year for damages involving firearms (). Professor Donald B. Kates said that a study led by the University of Wisconsin

Furthermore, gun violence costs the nation about one hundred billion dollars a year, where eighty percent of that money carry on to treat firearm injuries, which taxpayers pick up the tab for (Cook and Ludwig). Stevenson alluded

Gun control has been a debated, revisited and revised issue for more than a century in the United States. Recently, after several mass shootings in the United States, gun violence issues are; yet again, renewed and in the forefront for the United States. This paper will consist of insight on gun violence in the United States and the newly imposed gun control policies by President Obama; along with, the arguments for and against the new policies and what roles both the formal and informal actors have played in the resolve of this; once again, disturbing issue.

Gun control has been an extremely controversial issue in the United States, and even the world for decades. The issue resurfaces every time there is a mass shooting or some other form of violence that involves guns. Texas recently passed a new law that allows open carry in, creating even more controversy than before. Additionally, the nation remains split on the issue of guns and if there should be stricter or more lenient gun laws to lessen the rate of gun crimes.

Having looked at the basic outline of why stricter gun control is being advocated for by lawmakers, several statistics need to be explained. In 2012, out of all homicides in the United States, 60% were committed by firearm; compared to 10% in the U.K., and 18.2% in Australia. This statistic is shocking, and it gives advocates for gun control a reason to be extremely anxious for reform. As well as the number of murders committed with guns per capita in the U.S. in 2012 being almost 30 times more than the U.K, there have been about 1.4 million gun deaths in the U.S. between 1968 and 2011. That number surpasses the amount of deaths accounted for in all wars that the U.S. has ever been involved in, from the War of Independence to Iraq.

It is widely agreed that the United States has a very large number of guns compared to other countries. If guns really keep Americans safe, the United States would be the safest place in the world since it is estimated that 270 million firearms are owned. Compared to the world richest nations, the United States has the highest gun accidents, murders, and suicides among them all. An investigative report conducted in 2012 by Mother Jones Magazine found that between 1995 and 2012, the number of guns has increased by 50% while the population has increased only by 20% (Doeden). Firearm injuries are the second leading cause of injury death in the United States. In 2010, the percentage of homicides committed by firearms was 67.5 percent. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence estimated 97,820 people are shot and killed in the United States yearly, averaging 268 people per day, since 1972 (Newhard pp13). Unfortunately, with some many Americans killed by guns every day, shootings in the United States have become so common, many citizens have grown immune to the news.

Every day, 282 people are shot in the United States but this is not merely the result of the array of firearms available in this country. Instead, a minority of the guns that Americans own are responsible for much of this violence.

There are approximately 33,000 gun-related deaths each year in America. 62% of these deaths are suicides and the other 38% are homicides. Most would agree that these numbers are simply outrageous, hence the current controversy. By enforcing gun control policies, there is a possibility of massively reducing this number, hence why gun control is very heavily advocated in society. However, we are a far away from seeing any major policies passed that will substantially decrease the amount of gun-related deaths per

Costs such as court expenses, hospital bills and mental health care, law enforcement, etc. On the occasion of gun control, all those expenses will be cut down and a great amount of money will be saved. That money can be used for more important matters, such as the education

Gun violence cost each person in the United States roughly $564 and the US government $5.5 billion in lost tax revenue. A woman’s risk of being murdered increases 500% if a gun is present during a domestic dispute. 89% of unintentional shooting deaths of children occur in the home - and most of these deaths occur when children are playing with a loaded gun in their parents absence. Gun control laws should be passed in the US because Guns are rarely used in self defense, more gun control leads to fewer suicides, and gun control laws would reduce gun deaths.

Since guns can be easily stolen and sold for a higher price, the existence of guns can increase burglary and theft. So by having strict regulations to minimize gun ownership, we can reduce criminal acts such as burglary and theft that are weapon involved. Gun controls laws can also help reduce the societal costs associated with gun violence. The cost of gun violence includes legal services, perpetrator control, medical costs, life insurance, policing, psychological costs, etc. Each person in the United States pays about $564 to gun violence and the US government lost $5.5 billion in tax revenue. By increasing gun restrictions and laws, there will be less hospitalizations for gun injuries and reduce bills from programs such as Medicaid that affect taxpayers. According to a study published in the International Review of Law and Economics, suicide rates declined when gun ownership went down in the United States. With easy access to guns, people are more likely to use a gun than poison or a knife to commit suicide. Examples such as permit requirements and