Essay On Gun Safety

According to the Lancet, there have been 464,033 total gun deaths between 1999 and 2013, (270,237 suicides, 174,773 homicides, and 9,983 unintentional deaths.) These gun death totals have increased in the last four years, and many are suicides. More gun control laws could make it so anyone couldn 't own a gun without special permission and special rules. So this would lead to fewer suicides plus if anybody could own a gun or have a gun on them at all times people can get threatened or scared if they were to see a concealed gun. What would anybody think if you saw a stranger having a gun on them because you don 't often see people with them, they may think it 's going to be a mass murderer or something similar.

People do use guns for legitimate reasons such as protection of homes, hunting, and target shooting. Therefore they do not want to put laws in place that limit this from normal citizens. (Zimring 440) This is the hard part when making laws because citizens can easily get unhappy." Many more laws come in over the years in hope of stopping crime, but it didn’t always please the

Such as, reducing the amount of people who have access to guns who shouldn’t. Lastly, the rates of gun violence will go down significantly in the United States. Therefore, gun violence laws need to be implemented in order to have a safe and healthy society. The government needs to be more careful about who they give guns to because it is very dangerous to give unauthorized guns to random people. According to, “Counterpoint: Gun Control Saves Lives”, “Experts estimate that about one-third of all American households contain firearms, and that the total number of guns in circulation is at least 240 million.” This shows that the government may be too careless about who has a gun, and as a result, people are more vulnerable than ever.

Will taking away the guns of the public really affect homicide and public shootings? A study conducted by the University of Harvard Massachusetts concluded that violent crimes have fallen after states allowed for citizens to carry a concealed weapon. This study also shows results in homicide decreasing by 8.5 percent, rape falling by 5 percent and aggravated assault dropped by 7 percent. There is a reduction of gun related crime in states that allow citizens to possess concealed weapons. The truth is simple, guns are not always used as a means of offensive action, it is used by a majority as a means of self-defense.

ages ago gun violence had issues and threats but not even close to today. with more lives affected on regular basis and more people getting a hold on guns the problem will only become worse. Decades ago gun violence was becoming an issue but it is nothing close compared to what is going on in today’s society. while there are deaths, issue sad and pointless actions long time ago, it does not happen so common as today, but people will say can’t we just take away guns and it will be much better? they have a good point but getting rid of guns will not solve the problem completely.

According to Lott, there’s a drop in murders by 8.5%, a drop in rape by 5%, a drop in assault by 7%, and a drop in robbery by 3%. Lott calculated that around, “1,570 murders, 4,177 rapes, 60,000 aggravated assaults, and 12,000 robberies could have been prevented between 1977 and 1992”, if only the concealed weapon law was passed in those states. People argue that giving people the right to carry around guns will only lead to more crime and violence. According to William Sturdevant, “most adults who carry concealed handguns care about the law and do not misuse their firearms.” This means that if a law abiding civilian has a concealed handgun at a sporting event, it could stop a public shooting spree before police would arrive on the scene. In some sporting events a police officer is not always a minute away.

Without this we will continue to see shooting, gun death, gun injuries resulting in more and more gun related violence. Although the second amendment states all americans have the right to bear arms crime statistics show that we need tighter gun control to lessen the widespread shootings. Gun violence has existed in america

I can prevent gun violence by helping others realize we must change our culture and our policies to stop this cycle of violence. Many people die from gun violence each day, from school children to victims of domestic violence to people going about their daily lives. This situation is unacceptable, we need to take action and do everything in our power to keep tragedies like this from happening. In my opinion, suicide, the war on drugs, racism and police brutality are the biggest contributors to gun violence in our country. They must be tackled if the problem of gun violence is to be resolved.

However, the effort by some misguided individuals to eliminate the legal ownership of guns does not address the real problems at hand and simply disarms the innocent law-abiding citizens who are most in need of a form of self-defense. Guns and violence is hurting our community, Many people are asking whether guns really are the helpful tool that many of us have been saying they are, or if they are the killing machines. If guns wasn 't so convenient to get to now days our crime rate would be low. Also people needs to come to their senses and wake and stop trying to kill pullets don 't have eyes. In the article I readed a the quote had said “ Evil should be known as evil.

Another part of having a gun is that arguments tend to go on a higher scale when a gun is present and in extreme cases even with family members, an example is domestic violence because if there is a gun at home the probability of a women getting shot goes up by a 500%” (Should More Gun Control Laws Be Enacted?) keeping the family safe is not an easy task and surely brings a lot of responsibility, with all these in mind there is only one thing left to do and that is or the people to see if guns are effective and if they work against