Gun Violence In America

There are many crimes in the world being committed right now even if you don't know it. Without guns robberies and many other crimes would be committed even more frequently than in today's society. According to the “ABC4 .com“ it states, “Of the 2.5 million times citizens use their guns to defend themselves every year, the overwhelming majority merely brandish their gun or fire a warning shot to scare off their attackers. Less than 8 percent of the time, a citizen kills or wounds his/her attacker.” This text explains that many people who own guns actually use them for their purpose and not misuse the gun that they own.

According to expert individuals from the Harvard School of Public Health claim, “Using data from 26 developed countries have shown that wherever there are more firearms, there are more homicides. In the case of United States exponentially more: The American murder rate is roughly 15 times that of other wealthy countries which have much tougher laws controlling private ownership of guns” (Should More Gun Control Laws Be Enacted?). As explained in the quote, the United States is far behind from other leading nations like Australia & Europe. As a result, no major gun laws have been exposed to the public are increasingly higher than those other countries with restricted laws. The article helps you understand the difference in studies of having gun laws compared to other similar countries.

Gun violence in America causes a heavy toll of death and disability and should be treated as a public health crisis instead of a political debate. The Scope of the Problem While mass shootings are sensational and receive most of the news headlines gun violence occurs daily and in a variety of ways. Firearm-related injury and death can be unintentional – a hunting accident or a curious toddler discovering an unsecured handgun, or intentional – assaults, homicides, or suicides. As illustrated in the chart below firearms cause far more injuries than fatalities.

The definition of gun based on Wikipedia is a weapon consisting a metal tube from which bullets, shells, or other missiles are propelled by explosive force, likely making a loud and sharp noise. Gun can be a weapon of mass destruction if in the wrong hand that can cause an injuries and higher number of gun-related deaths. Gun is definitely not for everyone as it can be a dangerous tool if a certain people cannot handle it properly with safety. In the recent years, gun violence has become a hot issues that been discussing all the countries around the world, especially for countries that have higher number of death by gun such as United States of America and Europe. Gun control is a ways to control a misuse of gun and to prevent bad event from happening among civilians.

What these gaps in gun control mean is that purchasers of firearms who commit violent crimes have probably done so legally. Each year more guns are produced and purchased and more individuals go unchecked as they arm themselves for that point in the future where they will decide to use their destructive arms. It is estimated that over 300 million firearms are in possession of private US citizens, that is roughly one firearm per American (Horsley, 2016). This buildup in ownership only increases the probability of more firearms being sold off both legally and illegally to individuals with varying rages of motives, emotional states and situations that can combine into disastrous events such as those at Sandy Hook Elementary, Virginia Tech University

Too many lives are being taken because of violent shootings. According to everytownresearch.org, “On an average day 96 Americans are killed with guns. Additionally, on average there are nearly 13,000 gun homicides a year in the United States.” David Frum, Daily Beast and CNN contributor, stated, “About 200 Americans go to emergency rooms every day with gunshot wounds.

Nearly 96 Americans die each day from a gun related death, 62 percent of these deaths are suicides (everytownresearch.org/gun-violence-by-the-numbers/.) Almost 7 children and teens are injured by guns every day, but most instances are due to carelessness or unintentional. Here’s where race plays a part. All lives matter in this world but before I bring race and gender into the statistics I would like to state that these statistics are in no way a game, its horrible how much crime and homicide is committed in the United States. That being said, in big cities like Chicago or D.C., gun control plays a huge effect on consumers of firearms, but in 2015 Chicago reached its record high of homicide crimes in the country.

It is understood that the homicide rate will still continue to increase even with gun control laws. However, it will still make a notable effect on the homicide rate. This is because guns are used very often in homicides. It is nearly impossible to successfully ban every single method of killing. There will be more gun deaths if it is easier to get guns, and this is a third reason why more gun control laws should be

Gun Ownership “the right to carry gun” in the United States is a debatable issue that has raised both negative and positive concerns. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigations, firearms are used over eighty times more often to protect a life than to take another unrightfully. Studies reveal that there are over two hundred million registered and unregistered gun owners despite sanction of sale and ownership by the government. The debate on gun ownership versus crime in the public escalates everyday due to felons committed by criminals on unarmed citizens.

Guns have been the weapon of decision for probably the most severe massacres on American soil. Since early history, firearms have been utilized mainly for militia and defense purposes. However, the development of new gun technology has made guns more accessible and deadly. In spite of the fact that the second amendment gives the right to bear, firearms should be controlled and checked by the government since weapons have contributed to a lot of killings in America and will increase crime rates.

One author of an article finds out through his research that around 30,000 people die each year from guns (Lunger 10). The article goes on listing some more of the specifics of who is killed by firearms every year such as, around 600 people of these victims are under the age of fifteen, and about 3,500 are between the ages of fifteen to 19. Note that only around a seventh of these deaths occur because of accidents with a firearm. More than half of the deaths (53%) are due to suicides. The rest of the deaths caused by firearms are because of homicides.

The government put effort on controlling gun violence but that not enough. Mass shooting has triple since 2011, making drive by shooting more frequent with copycat shooter.

The topic I want to talk about is Gun violence. Gun violence is pretty much explains itself, It is the usage of a gun to commit a violent act. I think Gun violence is an important issue because there are roughly 32,000 gun deaths per year. The way it affects me personally, is because my grandmother shot herself when I was younger.

There should be gun control in the United States. It seems that a growing amount of accidental shootings take place in our nation. The safety of ourselves and fellow citizens is in jeopardy. Like I mentioned before, the amount of accidental shootings in the U.S. is horrendous.

Today’s politicians have it all wrong when it comes to the gun control battle, and the fight to ban gun access across America. America as a country owns more firearms than any other country in the world. Currently people in the United States feel that their second amendment rights do not hold the weight that they used to . Washington believes the violence comes from the guns; however, it takes a human being to pull the trigger. That is the same as saying the car killed the man and not the drunk driver inside.