Argumentative Essay: Hillary Clinton And Gun Violence

In the United States, every day, over 300 people are shot in murders, assaults, suicides or suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, and police intervention. Every day, 90 of those victims are killed. Over the past 10 years, the number of shootings, particularly of unarmed black men by police, has skyrocketed, according to USA Today’s shooting investigation chart. Our country has done close to nothing to stop the tragic events. Hillary Clinton will be the one who changes that. She has detailed plans on how she wants to end gun violence, by enforcing criminal background checks and no-fly list checks in order to purchase guns. I agree with her views on stepping in, and lowering the amounts of shootings.

Over the past few centuries of our government’s existence, we have never once had a female president. Our history books are filled with stories on how hard women had to fight, just for a vote! We have been working towards making women equal to men for around a century, so why not take the chance to show the world how far we’ve gotten? Having a female president such as Hillary Clinton would move our country forward towards our goal of complete gender equality.
According to NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere have gone up 28 parts per million since 2002. Along with that, global temperature has increased by 1.7°F since 1880, and arctic ice is decreasing by 13.3% every decade. Each of these crazy changes are caused by the burning of fossil fuels and emissions of greenhouse gasses, such as methane. According to Hillaryclinton.com, Clinton believes in replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy, therefore reducing the burning of fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions. Her plan is to generate enough energy to power all of America within 10 years of taking office. Hillary Clinton will fight to make environmental and climate justice the central