Gun Control In Our Society Essay

Gun Control Builds Safer Society Gun control is a very hot topic in the United States. Some people think that gun control is the solution of safety problem, while others believes that gun control cannot reduce crime. The United States is the most well-armed nation in the world. Also, the United States owns 270 million guns and 22% of Americans have one or more guns (ProCon Organization, 2016). Some people support gun control because the increasing number of the shooting case makes them feel unsafe. Although when properly used, guns can protect people themselves, the fact is that some people who own guns cannot use guns properly and this make the whole society feel unsafe. Gun Control should be enacted strictly. Guns threatens social

Some people think that background checks infringe their privacy, yet background checks can prevent criminals or other dangerous people, like mental unstable people from purchasing guns. If criminals or other dangerous people buy guns without checking backgrounds, people can imagine how terrible their lives will be. Although the Second Amendment of the U.S Constitution protects individual gun ownership, the Second Amendment was written in 1791 and the situations in the 18th century and in the 21st century are different. Also, the amendment allows people have guns with military purpose, yet today people do not need guns to secure their nation. Gun control is the product of today’s society. The purpose of gun control is to build safer society. legally purchased guns are usually stolen and used by criminals or other dangerous people. According to a new research (2016) of gun ownership by researchers at Harvard and Northeastern universities, privately owned guns are stolen in the United States between 300,000 and 600,000 a year. In some shooting cases, some children stole the guns from their parents and they did not how dangerous the guns are. Some children died after accidentally shooting themselves with stolen guns and some children shot other people because they may think the gun is a toy and shooting other people is the