Persuasive Essay On Gun Control

Is there anything truly more innocent than a mere child six years of age? Is there ever a reason for people to keep creating weapons more and more destructive? Is there ever really a true motive for a massacre of an elementary school? These were just some of the few questions that were being asked after the terrible tragedy that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary school. “After Newtown shooting, mourning parents enter into the lonely quiet” written by Eli Saslow gives us insight details on the parents of the victims. It describes how the parents are trying to cope with the horrific event as well as what they are doing to help make sure something this sad never happens again. So raises the question America faces, do we need better gun laws

I do however believe we should not be allowed to purchase semi-automatic assault rifles because they are just unnecessary, as well as better background checks. Because of such powerful guns, this makes it much easier for gunmen to kill with accuracy and precision. Perhaps with more laws prohibiting the purchase of such heavy firearms, tragedies such as Newtown would not have happened so easily, possibly led to fewer lives being lost, and stopped much quicker. I know what most people are thinking, guns will always be there and people kill not guns. But the fact that such an advanced nation much like America make it so much easier for gunmen to access these weapons make the killing that much simpler. People do kill, but guns are what make it easier, therefore guns seem to be what’s doing the overall

The two guns used were a Bushmaster XM-15 rifle and a .22-caliber Savage Mark II rifle. Very advanced guns to be used on just children or even owning them for that matter. Another article in the New York Times is written by James Barron and titled “Nation Reels After Gunman Massacres 20 Children at School in Connecticut”. Barron goes on to state “Witnesses and officials described a horrific scene as the gunman, with brutal efficiency, chose his victims in two classrooms while other students dove under desks and hid in closets.” Buchanan decides to describe the shooting in just two words, brutal efficiency. What else could give a gunman brutal efficiency besides a very powerful gun. According to our current background check in place, if a response is not received within three days the person will receive the gun anyways. I don’t believe I’m the only one that thinks that’s just pure blasphemy. Furthermore I do believe that anyone with a child of any sort of mental illness should not be able to receive a gun. This should lower the rate of people with mental disabilities being able to access