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Sydney
Kirwan
Mrs.
Zurkowski
Reds
September
24, 2012
Gun Control:
Keeping our Country Safe
In the United States the homicide
rate is thirty times Australia and the United Kingdom. With more and more
violent outbreaks people turn to guns to protect themselves and their family. “There
are 88.8 firearms per 100 people in the U.S. In second place is Yemen, with
54.8, then Switzerland with 45.7 and Finland with 45.3”( Zakaria). Gun control
is the act to limit possession, sale, and use of guns. With so many people owning guns there is a
greater chance there will be greater gun violence. Gun regulations should be
stricter to prevent criminals from owning guns.
Extending background checks is
important to protect the citizens. If someone wants to buy a gun we should have
a system that is precise to make sure the person isn't a criminal. "Expanding
background checks would affect only people prohibited from buying guns and
would have no impact on law-abiding citizens' ability to buy or sell guns to
other law-abiding citizens”( Simon). Thorough background checks would decrease
the number of criminals with guns and would keep citizens safer. A thorough background check is just one way
to keep guns
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in
responsible hands, plus it is faster to check records than make a law. Also
people that are legible would still be able to buy guns; it works out for both
sides.
People with any type of violent
backgrounds should not be allowed to own guns. Having weapons in the hands of
criminals is not right; it puts more people in danger. "We should do
everything possible to prevent criminals and fugitives from purchasing weapons"(Simon).
With the through background checks it will make it harder for criminals to get
a gun.” Research shows that effective regulation of guns leads to reductions in
firearms homicides and suicides” (Karen).
Crimes will decrease if we just enforce gun regulations and maybe add
some new ones. Keeping guns out of irresponsible hands will save everyone the
worry.
Guns must be handled with serious
care, they aren’t a toy. “When the squeeze of a finger can end a life--or save
one--people tend to line up at the extremes” (Kimberlin).
When something is so controlling of life or death, it must be handled
responsibility. Classes should be enforced for any person that bought a gun. When
guns are a large part of our society we don’t want to be known for all the
violence that occurs in our country. We as Americans want to be known as a
peaceful country. Gun safety is very important, classes would teach you when
and how to use the gun properly. When a person has to attend classes for
something they know it is a serious matter and gun safety is a very serious
matter.
Many people disagree with more
regulations and restrictions against guns. "Gun-rights supporters say that
self-protection is the only practical answer and that no one should deny them
that option” (Kimberlin). People would not need to protect themselves if guns
were in the right hands. "The other argument against any serious gun
control is that it's unconstitutional, an
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attempt
to undo American history "(Zakaria). Gun restrictions are not taking away
the right to own guns it is just limiting them to those who are responsible enough
for them. It is said that guns don’t kill people, that people kill people.
Although that saying is correct a lot of the time murders use guns.
There are many ways to prevent gun from being in the
wrong hands. "First, we should begin by enforcing laws that are already on
the books” (Obama). By just enforcing laws we have already that would help a
lot but we can’t stop there. Deep background checks would continually provide
protection from those who should not own guns. More laws with guns would help
decrease the amount of violence. Although at the moment we might not have that
many laws the future always holds more opportunities.
With so many guns being in the wrong
hands gun regulations need to expand to prevent it. Although people may think
gun control might not affect you, it does. It helps keep you and your loved
ones safe from harm ways. Although violence will still occur, we can’t stop. By
just decreasing the amount of violence we will save many valuable lives.
Work Cited
Karen, Mackintosh. "Gun control saves
lives." Canadian Dimension Nov.-Dec. 2011: 7. Student Edition. Web. 26
Sep. 2012.
Kimberlin, Joanne. "State of the Gun: Tech
Massacre Only Heated up the Gun Debate..." Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA).
02 Mar 2008: A1+. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 24 Sep 2012.
Obama, Barack. "Let's Keep Guns Out of
Dangerous Hands." St. Petersburg Times. 16 Mar 2011: A.11. SIRS Issues
Researcher. Web. 24 Sep 2012.
Simon,
Richard. "Police Coalition Calls for Tougher Gun Laws." Los Angeles Times.
27 Jul 2012: A.19. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 24 Sep 2012.
Zakaria,
Fareed. "The Case for Gun Control." Time 20 Aug. 2012. Student
Edition. Web. 26 Sep. 2012.
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