The Pros And Cons Of Gun Control

Everyday ninety Americans are killed with guns. Thirty-one of those are from homicides, fifty-six are suicides, two are unintentional, and only one is from legal interventions. That is 12,000 gun murders every year in the United States alone. On April 22, 2016, a family of eight in Pike County, Ohio were murder execution style . This operates as a catalyst for the gun control epidemic. The political repercussions to this is that it could violate the second amendment of the Constitution. Based on current research, to decrease the United States death murder rate from criminal gun violence, stricter gun regulations and background checks are mandatory.

According to the CDC , America’s gun murder rate is more than twenty-five times the average

The idea of having the “right to bear arms” (Section I: Gun Violence, P1) is being exploited more and more over the years. Guns have become so effortless to get and mishandled. People wish to protect themselves, but it is the guns themselves that are the actually weapon. Guns are seen as protection, but what are they protecting: people, homes, families, and even death. Gun violence is a major issue today because more and more people are starting to abuse and acquire guns without a permit. People need to understand that if more restrictions are in place then people will feel safer and not feel the need to have a gun on them at all times; but guns are not always the answer. In Section I of the Gun Violence in the United States , guns have been used in almost fifty percent of suicides and are the choice of twenty-eight percent of serial

Thus brings up another controversy as to whether as to if children should be taught to shoot a gun. Every year three percent of deaths are accidental, most of them are children who end up playing with guns. In an article published by the Huff Post, it states that “keeping a firearm to defend your family makes no sense if that same firearms puts family members or visitors to your home at risk” (Weisser, P4). This statement shows that having a gun can be a good ideal if everyone in the family knows how to properly use a gun. Most of the time children do not the proper use of a gun, and think that it is a toy putting people at risk. Children because of this should be taught how to use a gun and if the parents do not feel comfortable teaching their children then they should not give a gun into the