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Why Are Gun Control Important

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How Much Gun Control Do We Need? The gun control debate has grown more heated than ever after the February 14th school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The question on everyone’s minds is, does America still need the second amendment? The answer may be yes, but it needs to be more restrictive than it is now. For example, one can buy an assault rifle when they are 18 but cannot drink or buy a handgun until they are 21 years old. Why can someone be able to buy an AR-15 when they are considered not mentally ready to consume alcohol? Why are ordinary citizens allowed to buy an assault rifle at all? Gun control should be more restrictive because studies have proven that America is far more prone to gun violence, which is most likely caused by Americans having an excess of firearms. However, the background check is not necessary. …show more content…

He also sought mental help until over fourteen months ago, as well as showing other “red flag” traits such as killing animals. Obviously, the background checks aren’t working. However, this doesn’t need the government needs to make the background checks stronger. Those with mental illnesses are actually less predisposed to violence than neurotypical people. Only 20% of 235 massacres were found to have been carried out by mentally ill people (Stone, 77) and 4% of all violence recorded in a year was carried out by people with more serious mental disorders (Swanson et al. 368); so, not only does this process not work, it’s useless as well. It stigmatizes mentally ill people and associates them with a predisposition to

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