Persuasive Essay Pro Gun Debate

Gun debate

What is your outlook on the gun eschew about getting gun control or not have gun control?

I learned from the New York Times Upfront article is that there’s a lot of people getting gun and

using them for killing people. I think that the gun is not the faut. “Since 1994, licensed gun

dealers have been required to conduct background checks on potential burger” (pg6). “In Las

Vegas shooting bullets rained down on helpless crowd 22,000 people” (pg.6). “In 2015 there were

more than 36,000 gun related deaths” (pg.8). “In Australia, for example, had 13 mass shooting

from 1979 to 1996 “(pg.8).

“Wisconsin has eliminated its 48-hour waiting period to buy handguns” (pg.9).

“Most of the gun violence that happens in this country is

According to Smith, Patricia“They are passing the border with guns so that it is easier to have

a gun in another state.” (7). Also according to Everytown , “Federal law, which applies in all

states, requires criminal background checks for all firearm sales and transfers by licensed

dealers, but does not require background checks or any process for sales or transfers by

unlicensed sellers.” (1). Florida lawmakers have voted to enact new gun control measures,

weeks after one of the worst school shootings in US history took place in the state. The Senate

narrowly passed a bill that would raise the age to buy a firearm from 18 to 21 and require a

three-day waiting period for most weapons. Senators voted 20-18 in favour, after an amendment

removed a provision to arm classroom teachers. “The law now requires approval from the House

of Representatives and governor” (1). Seventeen people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Florida

city of Parkland on 14 February by former student Nikolas Cruz. Many of the surviving students

had called on politicians do more than give "thoughts and prayers" and protested for greater