On average 96 Americans are killed with guns every day and more than 100,000 people in America are shot in murders. We must need Gun Control. The one who is a con for Gun Control says “If gun control laws were made much more strict, these criminals would still be able to obtain illegal weapons. The only difference would be that the people who are not criminals would not have the ability to defend themselves” but if we eliminate the gun control, the murder case will increase greatly.
For example, everyone has heard about school shooting which happened on February 14th. That was most recent school shooting and also was when I first learned about school shootings but there is an unbelievable fact that since 2013, there have been 291 school shootings in the US, which averages out to about one every week, the gun safety group says. One of the cons for Gun Control says “If those school students had guns, they could protect themselves” but if so someone would definitely die because of shooting each other so I don’t agree even having gun because everyone can make mistakes so holding gun just raises the possibility of injuring people. there are some safety countries all over the world. For example, Australia is one of the safest country in the world, The
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They have a interesting rule for buying guns. The NFA mandates that Australians must wait 28 days before they can buy a gun, due to rigorous background checks. If it's hard to buy guns legally, in crimes driven by passion as opposed to preplanned acts, would have a larger effect. And also there are differences between gun culture in Australia and America. Gun control is politically polarizing in the US, and firearms are very accessible. One interesting fact, currently, the number of registered gun stores outnumber Starbucks and McDonald's locations in many US cities, making firearms a deep-rooted part of American life. Australians readily gave up a large number of their guns after the 1996
An incident involving an accidentally shooting sparked the gun debate in Australia, which as a result, lead to the Victorian government introducing a specialised shooter 's license. After more gun related deaths and incidents in Australia, the Victorian and the NSW government took a stand by working to introduce tougher laws regarding gun owning and use. These tougher gun laws lead
With the event of the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, the Australian population where pushing tighter gun laws. With the quick development of one of the largest gun reforms in recent history, Australia became and remains the standard for advocates of anti-gun and gun control campaigns. As Australia being a federation, John Howard (who has only been in office six weeks) had to convince the country’s states into supporting a nationwide reform. With the ‘Australian gun buyback’ in 1996-97, 650,000 privately held guns were collected and destroyed in an incentive to minimise gun related crime.
Gun control is what restricts people from buying and using guns, but these laws are not strengthened at the extent they need to be strengthened. This leads to many people getting these guns and using them to cause mass shootings all over the U.S. For example, according to the Council on Foreign Relationship, a news article that covers major world issues, in 2017, mass shootings at a music festival in Las Vegas and at a church near San Antonio have rekindled the gun control debate (“U.S. Gun Policy: Global Comparisons”). The fact that gun control is still not tightened is a huge margin and error, and still causes mass shootings as we just covered. Many people have said that we should not allow guns to be purchased, which would seem like the logical option. However, according to the same source, Council on Foreign Relationship, some states, such as Idaho, Alaska, and Kansas, have passed various laws attempting to nullify
The problem with the united states gun laws doesn’t only have to do with the guns. It also has to do with the ammunition types and the modifications a citizen can legally buy for his weapon. A gun that can injure and a gun that can effortlessly kill can be determined between what bullets you use and how you can modify your weapon. In the united states, you can simply buy military upgrades for your guns without any hassle and name the type of ammunition you want because they have
Gun Violence In America Gun violence in america accounted for 33,636 deaths in 2015 alone and that number is only rising. If every american was able to obtain a firearm imagine what the numbers of gun related deaths. Even gun related injuries caused many more hospital visits in america what many other common incidents. That is why america needs to implement tighter gun laws to reduce the amount of gun violence in America. Without this we will continue to see shooting, gun death, gun injuries resulting in more and more gun related violence.
It’s actually stupid easy to get a gun in the good old USA. (Something I’ll talk about later.) Now what about making our gun laws like Australia. After a massacre in Australia in 1996, the Australian lawmakers sprang into action. They made a national firearms agreement.
In 20 years Australia has had no mass shootings and in just one year the US had 385.The evidence is overwhelming in the favour gun control; it is time Americans accept
I think it is clear that America’s lenient Gun Laws have no doubt been a huge factor on the staggering amount of gun violence for a long time. I do believe, however, in people’s rights to defend and arm themselves, it is part of their constitution, I just feel that it is necessary that the laws regarding the 2nd amendment need to be reinforced and should introduce some restrictions to ensure that only the people who are mentally capable of wielding a firearm, without causing harm to society, should be allowed to acquire one. I do also recognise that there are already a staggering number of guns in the possession of the general public, and I feel that the only way to tackle this issue is cultural change in America, changing the views of individuals on the idea of guns, but change is always
Guns are just a tool, like knives and hammers and it completely depends on the people on how they use it. People who support guns and arms say that the Second Amendment secures individual’s right to carry guns with them and that gun rights is needed for self-protection, and was intended for military to have peace and defend the country if needed (Spitzer, 70). Most of the Americans use guns as a source to protect themselves and they believe that gun ownership prevents crime. A study conducted on November 26, 2013 showed that bans on weapons did not significantly affect murder rates at the state level (Lane, 5). Moreover, even if the rules and regulations are executed on gun control, not all criminals obey the law.
The number of incidents of gun violence last year in the United States was about 60,000. In recent years, the number of mass shooting has risen to about one mass shooting per day in the United States. The country is divided with some wanting to reevaluate our gun control laws and either ban or add additional regulations to the purchase of guns. Others say it is our right for Americans to own guns and something the founding fathers considered important to put in the Bill of Rights. The number of firearm sales has risen with the number of mass shooting many Americans question if banning guns or certain guns could help decrease the number of gun violence deaths.
This is one of the reasons why, after it's many gun related crimes and mass shootings, the US has not taken the same stance as countries such as Australia, who in 1996 banned, recalled and melted down over 600,000 guns following a mass shooting. (Beckett, L, 2016). The truth of it is that there may be many people in groups such as Amnesty International that are fighting for peoples 'right to safety', but there are also nearly as many people fighting for America's 'right to bear arms'. According to statistics, “Currently, 50 per cent say it is more important to control gun ownership, while 47 per cent say it is more important to protect the right of Americans to own guns.” (Dearden, L.
Automatic handguns were introduced by Joseph Laumann in 1892, guns have proved to be beneficial for military and protective purposes. The United States makes up less than five percent of the world’s population, however, Americans account for forty-eight percent of the civilian-owned guns worldwide. Given this statement, Americans also account for owning the most guns per capita than residents in any other country. Despite the number of guns, the United States owns, America does not account for the most deaths. According to the World Atlas, the top five countries who are responsible for firearm related deaths occur in Honduras, Venezuela, Swaziland, Guatemala, and Jamaica, interestingly enough, the United States is not even in the top twenty, however, they rank number one for developed countries (Pariona, 2017).