Why The Government Should Restrict Gun Ownership

The debate over gun control is not a new argument, neither is the existence of mental illness. There have been those who support and those who oppose gun control for many years. What has recently re-ignited the debate is an increase in mass shootings over the past few decades; one in particular is the Newtown, Connecticut, massacre. Incidents, such as this, fuel anger and fear, driving many to question the need for firearms in modern society, while others cite these incidents as a reason for remaining armed. The purpose of gun control is to limit the amount of violence in today’s

Gun control has become an increasingly controversial topic in the nation due to the continuous debates relating to gun control and whether or not laws should be passed to make it harder for guns to be obtained. Guns serve for a variety of purposes that range from good to bad. Guns are not for everyone. Some individuals cannot handle guns properly, and some choose to use guns inappropriately. Lately, guns have become more of a problem in our society. There has been an increasing amount of shootings that have taken many lives and have wounded people emotionally, not just physically. Although guns are used for protection, firearms are reportedly used more in crimes. More and more shootings are breaking out across the nation. As a result, the

Every year thirty-thousand Americans die from guns while others have the “privilege” to end up with a disability rather than dying. The men and women who are diagnosed with a mental illness and obtain guns often commit suicide and crimes such as mass shootings, and murders. Because health care providers don't report, the mental illnesses of many people to the FBI, these people are able to pass a background check when they attempt to purchase a gun. Criminals now have more access than ever to gus because of the unlicensed gun sellers at the gun shows. Although the second amendment allows people the right to bear arms, it has become easy for the mentally ill and criminals to acquire guns and gun control should be strengthened for this very reason.

My paper is going to be about the reasons why the government should not take away our gun safety. Owning a gun makes people better, they able to protect and defend their homes and family. Having a gun is also our right to keep and bear arms which is guaranteed the Constitutional and the Bill of Rights of the United States of America. People without guns are assaulted or murdered by criminals with guns everyday. Also there are less accidental deaths. There are more reasons why we should not take away our guns, but I think the three that I have given are good enough to start off with.

The issue of gun control has been a very important topic following the Sandy Hook Elementary School and Aurora, Colorado movie theater shootings just last year. We all feel compassionate for the families of these Americans whose lives were taken in the most horrifying way. We are all too familiar with the saying “guns don’t kill people, people kill people,” my goal is to find some validity to this statement. The most prevalent question is whether the problem is the access to the gun or the person with access to the trigger. The answer to this I will soon come to but as of now let’s focus on the issue at hand. Crimes resulting in death would be reduced if the purchase of guns could only be made

The debate of whether or not the government should ban the sell of guns, and attempt to remove all guns in existence has been debated for a long period of time; I believe that banning guns is not only implausible, it will do more harm than good. In this essay, I’ll be discussing the history of this debate, as well as discuss some misinformation that’s been proposed by those wishing to ban guns. I’ll also discuss how guns do not turn ordinary, law abiding citizens into killers, and how owning guns can effectively help protect yourself, your family, and your home while decreasing casualties and crime.

Example: On July 26, 2014, Smith shot his wife and his three children including his step son. He showed several symptoms of his mental illness in advance. Even his wife admits, before she died, that he tried to kill himself by pointing a gun on himself. He was dealing with depression and

People with apparent psychological disorders have committed a number of serious gun crimes in the United States over the past several years resulting in numerous deaths and injuries. Children have been murdered by gunfire in their classrooms in Connecticut, moviegoers have been shot to death while watching a film in Colorado, and a member of Congress, her constituents, and bystanders have been gunned down in Arizona. And of course, Columbine is a word, the name of a town, now etched into the consciousness of virtually every U.S. citizen and resident. We immediately then begin to think of places such as Virginia Tech after hearing and reflecting on the massacre at Columbine. These are just a few examples of shootings by individuals who appear to have been in the grips of psychological disturbances. These shootings made national headlines; nevertheless, gun shootings claim lives every day in this country. The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld an individual’s Constitutional right to bear arms based on Second Amendment court cases emanating from Washington D.C. and Chicago; thus the proliferation of guns appears to be with us indefinitely. Inevitably, individuals with psychological disorders will commit gun crimes, yet there is currently no direct way to prevent such individuals from purchasing guns. In order to decrease the likelihood of further shootings by people with apparent psychological disorders, it should be required by the government that prospective gun buyers be given

Through 1999 and 2013, there were approximately 464,033 deaths by guns (ProCon.org). The U.S. should enforce gun control to minimize the amount of deaths by firearms. The debate of whether gun control laws should be enforced or not began in 2002, when at least 20 children were killed in a mass shooting in Connecticut. On average, 96 deaths occur daily and about 13,000 gun homicides strike the U.S. yearly. The origines for America’s extensive ties to guns originates from the Second Amendment, revolutionary roots, and frontier expansion. The U.S. should enforce gun control laws to reduce gun deaths and prevent hazardous situations between two or more enemy parties.

Federal law prohibits the sale of firearms to certain individuals with a history of mental illness, however it cannot require states to make information identifying these people available to the federal or state agencies that perform background checks. This may have many states fail to voluntarily report the necessary records to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), especially with respect to people prohibited from possessing guns for mental health reasons. As a result, some individuals known to be dangerous can pass background checks and obtain firearms.

In the United States, gun control laws are one of the most controversial debates currently. Regularly, there are arguments and outbreaks caused by this topic. Some people believe that gun laws should not be as strict as they are, while others believe that gun laws need to be more strict. A popular argument against more strict gun laws is that guns don’t kill people, people kill people (prospect.org). As this argument is valid, I strongly disagree with it. It is true that a gun can’t kill a person on it’s own, but the person doing the harm got their hands on a gun, slipping through the law. The fact that multiple people in a negative mental state gets their hands on a gun is unacceptable. People are getting injured constantly due to a firearm getting into the wrong hands. Gun laws need to prevent the possibility of guns getting into the wrong hands, rules need to be increased and gun control needs to become more secure.

On April 20th, 1999, the deadliest mass murder ever committed on an American high school campus took place. Two senior students of Columbine High School, armed with four automatic guns, killed 13 innocent people and injured 24, all due to the unrestrictive gun laws in the US (“Where’d They Get Their Guns?”). The Columbine massacre is just one example of the many horrors that guns inflict upon U.S. society. Currently, over 31,000 US citizens die each year due to gun-inflicted wounds (Welcome to WISQARS). Many receive no media attention, but in those that do, the guns are usually obtained by unlawful means. More laws regulating the purchase and sale of guns should be increasingly implemented and strongly enforced throughout the USA in order to reduce the high incidence of gun violence caused by illegal gun trafficking and ownership.

Sadly, gun violence has become a part of everyday life in the United States. Hardly can a week go by without one or more reported incidents of gun violence in schools, nightclubs, work place, churches, and hospitals. Not surprisingly, solutions ranging from gun control, mental (psychiatric) checks on gun purchases, restriction on weapon types on sale particularly automatic weapons and several other suggestions have been made. However, the issue of

The early history of the United States was written by the guns: the first settlers used guns to seize the land from the American Indians; guns were the primary weapon of choice to win independence from the British during the Revolutionary War; and the vast expansion to the west was enabled by the frontiersmen who were able to defend themselves against the outlaws, foreign invaders, and wild beasts by wielding guns. Even though guns were fundamental necessity of the past, growing numbers of gun related accidents, suicides, and mass shootings have established gun control as one of the important public health issues. Every time we hear about disturbing incidents of gun violence, we are often presume that the perpetrators were mentally unstable psychopaths, seeing it predominantly as a mental health issue. Many

Gun ownership should be banned in order to reduce crime rates and ensure the protection of our nation’s people. Throughout the United States, gun control has become a controversial issue due to gun advocates strongly believing their 2nd Amendment rights guarantee them legal access to guns. Although gun advocates view gun ownership as self defense, the government and gun control supporters have noticed that legal distribution of guns has been linked to school shootings, homicide, and violent crimes. Furthermore, legal distribution of guns increases the risk of harming innocent people while declining the police’s power to establish safety in society. Overall, in order to prevent the destruction of our country, the people must work together to ban gun ownership and ratify the 2nd Amendment rights clarifying its purpose to the public.