First, The amount of gun deaths in the US alone is unbearable. The rise in weapons such as gun associated deaths have left a lot of people worried. According to ……….. As of 2017, we have had 60,055 gun violence incident in the US, 15,168 were deaths, 30,593 where injuries, 716 of them were children, 3,176 of them were teens, and 337 of these incidents were mass shootings.
By what method can we prevent these horrendous crimes from happening? WHat i mean by horrendous crimes im not just talking about the huge public exposure mass shootings that we should solely be focusing on but the gun related daily deaths that claims 30,593 lives every year. Yes i know, mass shootings take a lot of lifes early from this world but the lives that are claimed every day due to gun violence such as homicides and suicides that will also help positively reduce those mass shootings. Researchers investigated in Connecticut that suicide rates decreased after passing a law that requires people to apply for permits within their local cities law enforcement and take eight hours of gun safety training before they can buy a firearm. In the preventive Effect of Strict GUn Control LAws on SUicide and Homicide by david lester and Mary E Murrell, illustrate in their journal that The rate of gun related suicides in Connecticut in the last 10 years after this law had passed was interesting. Suicides decreased by 15% from previous years.
I think this law should be adopted because i believe committing suicide or homicide is a hard thing to do , think about, as well as very hard to come up with the courage to build a plan to take your life. If pass a bill similar to this in all states then we have the opportunity to make a difficult thing harder. This would allow people more time to confide in someone and maybe seek help so that they do not hurt themselves or others and then the likelihood of someone wanting to go through with a plan will be less likely. These study proves that America would have a safer environment with less guns and with tougher gun restrictions.Moreover, It is clear that guns are a huge problem but its not only just a gun problem but a moral problem. When the fear of the Lord decreases, evil increases and i believe this is contribution to the end result on where we stand with gun violence here in our nation. People with access to more guns tend to kill more people with guns. According to .
..States with higher gun ownership rates have higher gun murder rates. Gun death rates are generally lower in states with restriction such as safe storage requirements or assault weapon bans. If we can reduce gun homicides and suicides we will witness a positive outcome in reduction of mass shootings.Main Idea #2-Second, gun in a home is far more likely will kill a friend or a family member instead of an intruder. For example , on December 14, 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, Adam Lanza murdered 20 children and 8 adults, including himself (Lende). While the Mass murder at Sandy Hook was calculated and deliberate, and Adam Lanza probably would have found another way to kill even if he didn’t have access to guns, he would not have been able to do nearly as much damage.
Many people argue that guns are necessary for self defense, however, Arthur Kellerman and Donald Reay’s research states that “a gun kept in the home is 43 times more likely to kill a member of the household as an intruder”. Obtaining and owning a gun for defense or sport us in your home has a strong positive correlation to increased risks of homicide, suicide, and accidental death by gun, AS noted in another article by david lester called the influence of gun control laws on personal violence. Kellerman and Reay continue to state in the research that whenever there is association with a gun used in self- defense in the home, there are 7 assaults or murders, 11 suicides attempts, and 4 accidents involving of homes with guns and kids. In another Journal called Seeing is Believing: What do boys do when they find a real gun: by geoffrey Jackman, describes how one third of 8 to 12 year old boys who found a handgun pulled the trigger. The safety of keeping guns in the home is overestimated.eE are easily deceived by the fact that guns locked away and hidden in a high place won’t be found by curious kids, family members who accidentally stumbled upon it, or a spouse.
Harvard school of public health in the 2009 article Harvard injury control Research Center states, “Gun death rates are 7 times higher in the states with the highest compared with the lowest household gun ownership.” Authors Miller, hemenway, and Azrael also agree with this statement as they state in the article, State-Level homicide victimization rates in the US in relation to survey measures of household Firearm ownership in 2001 that we can observe a trend the states where there are increased levels of homeowner gun owners have an higher firearm homicide of 114 percent.” If we continue to strengthen the restrictions on gun laws and continue to educate gun owners on home safely it can lead to positive outcomes on decreasing the likelihood of friend or a family member in your own home.Main Idea #3- reduce historical massacreLastly, It’s obvious that more guns won’t stop gun violence. America has endured so many mass shootings.
Shootings in a church, concert, school, and workplace are unexceptable. Something needs to be done.. It is far too easy to get control of a gun. A device that can end a human life should not be easily accessible to anyone. Too many lives have been lost to not have these reforms.If we reaffirm strict measures on gun control laws we can limit the amount of ammunition someone can buy in a single purchase and annually and stricter background checks to purchase a gun.
In Improved gun buyer background checks by CLifton Parker, John Donohue, a law professor at STanford University had mentioned that improved gun background would prevent mass shootings. Donohue, Professor of Law at Stanford, has been conducting empirical research on gun violence and gun control over the last 25 years. Studies noted that since May 2007, 29 concealed carry permit holders have gone on shooting sprees that killed at least three individuals. But to elaborate on the article for the sake of time Donohoue believes that by tightening the law on the right to bear arms could reduce the amount of shooting sprees. Nevertheless, even though mass shootings claim a small fraction of total gun deaths, they have a touring impact proportionate to other homicides.
Mass shootings have occurred many times throughout history, but have become more prevalent as the spread. WHy as tis that i don’t know? It could be the lack of resources going into mental health, media, or the idolization of needing to own and obtain a gun. The incident that unfolded at Columbine, Dylan Kliebold and Eric Harris killing 12 students and 1 teacher can not be a common occurrence in our country. At Sandy Hook, Adam Lanza, student with no criminal record, killed his mother, took 4 of her AR-15 rifles and .223 caliber bullets to murder 20 children and 6 adults. Maybe we should introduce something new, may we need to add something to the gun laws we have today like banning the ability of obtaining a gun with a previous or present history of a mental health issue or a dependent who live in your home has a history of behavior health complications.
.The effectiveness of gun control on the prevention of mass shootings is often debated, but with the examples provided, I believe strict gun control is what we need to get guns out of the hands of the wrong people in order to reduce the occurrence of historical massacres like the las vegas shooting.Conclusion:In conclusion, we have seen that there are positive justifications to gun control in the united states.The number of deaths due to firearms is an alarming.
While it may be true that guns are not involved in every murder, strict gun controls can help reduce gun homicides and suicides, reducing the amount of guns related deaths at home, and reduce historical massacres. What if it was your child gunned down at a country concert. Would then that compel you to take action. WE shouldn’t have to lose lives in order to get the picture that gun control laws need to change.
we should be saving lives not losing them.