The Pros And Cons Of Gun Violence

This opinion piece from The Washington Post was written by U.S. Senator Chris Murphy from Connecticut. Published days after the recent Las Vegas Shooting, Murphy tells of his past experiences with gun violence urging for stronger gun control legislation. He states that the “phenomenon of horrific mass shootings is exclusive to the United States”, so the solution should be able to be solved by Americans. He argues that our response to “regular mass shootings” has been un-American, and how can a country that has solved the greatest problems in the world, not solve a problem that puts our fellow citizens in harm. “…we choose to be an increasingly distant outlier of exceptional violence”, Murphy states.

This was the headline in “The New York Times” by Christopher Mele and Manny Fernandez on November 5th 2017. The authors highlights the events that led to a gunman by the Devin Patrick Kelly, 26, opening fire at a congregation worshiping on a Sunday at a rural church in Texas, killing 26 people and scores injured. According to this article, the motif of the attack was attributed to a serious mental health problem and a failed marriage which led to divorce the victim having assaulted his wife and child.

As opponents against gun control have numerous reasons as to why guns should not be restricted amongst the American public but pointed to the Second Amendment to the United Constitution as the main reason why gun control should not be permitted in the U.S. However, what these critics do not want to accept is that since 1980, several crucial events in the United States have led to excessive gun control movement. Remarkably, it takes a lot more than one appalling catastrophe to influence Americans that more attention should be taken into monitoring the number and types of guns the public can get access to. However, some major shooting calamities in the U.S such as assassination attempts on President Reagan’s, Columbine, Virginia Tech, and Sandy Hook have all triggered majority of Americans to take a stance in favor of gun control legislation. The first key push in the direction of the gun control movement begun during the era of Ronald Reagan presidency since he happened to be of one of the most “pro gun” presidents in American history.

Two thousand, four hundred fifty-eight: the number of gun-related deaths in 2017 in the United States as of February 28, the 59th day of the year (“Number of Gun Deaths,” n.d.). Twenty of these occurred on the 27th alone. Just hearing the words “gun control” puts many people on edge; the explosive and divisive nature of the issue leads them to tread cautiously whenever the topic arises. Gun violence is a national dilemma that no one wants to exist. This is where the consensus seems to end: few people agree on how to end it. Gun violence has gotten an ever-increasing amount of press over the past few years, leaving it in the forefront of American attention, and many are frustrated that nothing is changing. In order for any progress to be made,

Multiple videos of police involved shootings have surfaced on the internet over the past few years raising the question; should police be carry firearms? A few countries have already disarmed their patrol officers and left only a few specialized armed units. There are some that would believe the same should be done in the United States. However disarming officers would have disastrous results. Police officers must be armed to project force, secure a crime scene, and defend the lives of others.

There have been a major increase of deaths by guns in the U.S. The numbers have increased since the late 1900s and has kept on accumulating today. Research has shown that there are many guns owned by people in the U.S than any other country in the world ( ("U.S. Gun Violence: The Story in Graphics"). The government has tried to control the gun violence, however there have been debates about that being wrong and it would take away the citizens of America’s rights. Though, there are still gun violence present; the government revoking the privilege of people owning guns, they would starts rebelling against the government and there would be more gun violence. Still, if the government doesn’t do anything about the issue families are going to flee

In recent years, gun control has been one of the most debated topics in the United States. No matter who you ask, everyone always has an opinion on firearm ownership. After every publicized mass shooting, two groups of people form: group #1 wants to ban guns from private ownership in some shape or form, and group #2 fights against them fiercely to protect the constitutional right to bear arms. More specifically, the 2nd amendment to the U.S Constitution states, “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” (US Const. amend. II).

Gun control laws are an ongoing process that varies from location, to time of history. Throughout history different laws and regulations have been made about gun control across all continents on earth. These laws change frequently and will continue to do so till the end of time. Many people are either for or against these laws depending on their religion, moral beliefs and location. Although increasing gun control is used for the protection of citizens, it could be deemed unnecessary to many because it simply doesn't work, there are too many unreasonable laws, and is unconstitutional. Instead we should learn from other countries across the world.

people are killed. The people and politicians warm up to talk about gun control and strict laws,

On January 5th, 2016, an emotional President Obama broke down in tears as he introduced new gun control executive orders. He was clearly upset at the amount of innocent people whose lives had ended by being shot. The image of his emotions made many Americans realize: are our current laws not enough? Although gun violence has been on a steady decline for the last few decades, the U.S. is still the global leader in gun violence and ownership, according to U.S. News(McPhillips). Some people do not like that title associated with their country, so they push for gun control laws. Ideally, the best way to end gun violence is to abolish the 2nd Amendment, and illegalize guns. However, that would be an unheralded task. Banning guns would be impossible.

Gun control has been a heavily debated issue over many years to whether guns or people are the brute force behind the violence all over the world. People are the main reason behind violence in the world, guns don’t kill people, people kill people. Those who are mentally unstable or violent masterminds are unstoppable when it comes to completing a task of violence: “They plan methodically to execute their victims, finding the means no matter what laws or other impediments the state attempts to place in their way” (Fox, 2012). There is no simple way to cure or stop these people from obtaining or even using the guns in a despicable way. The right to bear arms is written in the constitution as a precautionary measure to protect those who may be in harm's way: “The second- amendment is clear - under the Constitution, these rights may not be infringed upon by any level of government, unless due process of law should dictate that these freedoms have been stripped of someone for some wrongdoing” (tenthamendment.net, 2018).

One of the most divisive topics in the United States is gun control. Gun control debates are fought with much concern and personal feelings. Most people get the wrong idea of guns due to the many different sources of media in today's society. On one side of the spectrum there are people in support of placing more restrictions on guns, whereas the other side, there are people fighting against the stricter regulation of guns. Gun control is a bad idea because the person behind the gun is responsible for the gun's actions, the less guns in the public hands, the more crime there is, and banning guns prevents people and cops from having their own means of self-defense.

Did you know that there are over 300 million guns in America? That is almost one for every person in the country! Much like cars, Americans have a several century old love affair for their guns, well most of America anyway. Guns are actually very controversial. The U.S is divided pretty much down the middle, with most Democrats for gun control, and most Republicans against gun control . In fact America is so divided on guns, that the slightest suggestion of gun control on Capitol Hill is heavily debated in Congress (Gun control). Why is there so much debate? Guns are very dangerous; around 30,000 deaths a year (and many more injuries) involve guns. Many people that oppose guns want them to be banned completely from the U.S., but if they can not get that, they want to at least pass gun control laws. What is gun control? ‘“Gun control” is a broad term that covers any sort of restriction on what kinds of firearms can be sold and bought, who can possess or sell them, where and how they can be stored or carried, what duties a seller has to vet a buyer, and what obligations both the buyer and the seller have to report transactions to the government.’(​PÉrez-peÑa) Those who are for gun control believe, that if there were less guns, or none at all, then there would have less crime, less mass murders. Anyone can understand the strong argument for more gun control, however, these arguments do not match the facts or statistics, a gun ban or stronger gun control takes guns away from law abiding citizens, but it does very little to stop criminals, who do not follow the laws that have already been set.

Recent events of mass homicides have caused for a need in gun control. Gun control comes in the form of full prohibition of guns, stricter regulations of hand guns, and ammunition control. When these restrictions are placed they raise questions on crime and control as well as ethical questions regarding liberties, rights, and responsibility of citizens who carry guns (Shaw, 2014). Hand guns are a big focus on gun control because they are easier to conceal and thus associated with more criminal acts; high-capacity ammunition is also a concern. Gun control issues have been around since the 1960’s and go hand and hand with other societal issues, like drug wars and sexual crimes (Shaw, 2014). At some point in time guns became more than a means of protection or survival tool, true reasons are only speculated. Between 1960 and 1980 handgun ownership rouse as well as the rate of homicides by

The war with gun violence worldwide had paved its controversy that struggled between sovereignty and public safety. Experts claim that the individual’s ideology, self-defense, and survival can cause the person to arm themselves. Although, gun related homicide cannot be stopped by banning guns alone, but by finding clues of a psychopath effected by emotional trauma before the purchase of weapons.