Category: Gun Control

Today, the most pressing issue in America is gun violence. This is because more recently, this issue has transformed from being a political affair to a very institutionalized public outcry: a need to protect America’s own children. In 2019 alone, there have been at least 255 mass shootings, averaging to no less than one mass…

In one of America’s earliest founding documents, the Constitution clearly communicates the ability for a citizen to bear arms as a freedom given to all. This Second Amendment is perhaps the most prominent distinguishing feature between the United States and other well developed nations. It is one of three countries that consider gun ownership, and…

The United States is the country with the largest number of guns in the world, and the per capita gun ratio is increasing. Despite the public’s concern about the threat of , many people have purchased guns for self-protection, but the proliferation of guns has increasingly become an important driver of violent crimeThe verb “has”…

James Wilson’s article ‘Just Take Away Their Guns’ argues that policies have little effect on the issue of gun violence. With like Sandyhook in Newtown, Connecticut and the Orlando massacre in Florida, there has been a strong personal opinion from many people that there should be stricter gun control legislation. He proposes a particular method…

Not only the rate of crime is constantly increasing, but America stands first in the circulation of firearms among the world and they are actually encouraging the diffusion of guns as we can see in NationalObserver. “According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the vast seized and traced in Mexico are of American origin.” Other…

It was a normal Wednesday for the parents of a class of sixteen primary one children they spent the morning as they did every day with their children who were between the ages of five to six. They took them to school, but little did they know that they would never have that opportunity again…

The “guns in a home” myth has been made bigger and bigger by the media. Dr. Arthur Kellermann of Emory University presents a study that claimed to show that a home with a gun was much more likely to experience a homicide. However, that was very unfair. This is because his study only involved homes…

The end of the 2010 decade is soon to come, over 1.2 million American lives have been either lost to gun violence or have been severely injured. Approximately 329 people are shot daily in America. Gun violence is a life-threatening problem. It can be resolved with human effort. It affects the majority of the country…

Gun control must be regulated by passing and renewing gun , educating people on safety precautions if they own a firearm, increasing the age restriction of which people are able to purchase a gun, also having gun buyers undergo more in-depth background checks to ensure we are not allowing non-eligible people the resources to cause…

The United States is home to approximately 5% of the world’s and 31% of all mass shootings. In these shootings and various other methods of gun violence, thousands of people die every year. Gun-related deaths are mostly from murder and kids unintentionally shooting themselves. Those who are for are normally to believe that guns should…