Gun Control Laws In America
America no doubt has a problem with guns. There are hundreds of shootings each year in America. Watching the news can tell you just how often someone is shot or guns come up in politic at any point in time. Guns have been and might always be a problem for Americans. All the shootings, the NRA, and gun control laws, this subject has become extremely controversial in America.
The amount of gun shootings and gun related deaths in America today is just horrific. A recent poll states that there are two hundred and seventy gun related deaths every day in America on average (Giffords, Kelly 165). “We can not let a minority of people- and that's what this is, a minority of people- hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people,” said Hillary …show more content…
There are easy ways to get a gun even if a court has said that you can not buy a gun. In four years twenty percent of the one thousand, three hundred and seventy-five guns that were confiscated in Chicago, were bought from one store just outside the city limits (Austin). So people that were told that they could not buy a gun, simply went outside the city and bought one to bypass the gun control laws. On the internet, you can just get guns anywhere no matter who you are which is a huge problem (Giffords, Kelly 187). New York investigators found that sixty-two percent of private gun sellers agreed to sell weapons to someone who said that they couldn't pass a background check (Giffords, Kelly 186-187). No private gun seller has to check the person who they are selling a gun to (Giffords, Kelly 127). This means that if can not buy a gun because of background checks, all you will have to do is go online and buy a gun. A poll from 1993 showed that seventy-seven percent of people supported a ban on semiautomatic assault rifles (Giffords, Kelly 127). In the past ten years there have been at least 200 bills that represent a state wanting stricter gun control laws (Cusack). Most Americans would support improvements to gun laws such as: bans on assault firearms, banning people with mental illnesses from purchasing guns, and more detailed background checks (Cusack). A lot of data shows that if we enforce more strict gun control laws that it will reduce violent crimes. So if creating stricter gun control laws is all it takes to reduce crimes, then why don’t we just do that? There could be a lot of reasons, but the biggest is the
The amount of gun shootings and gun related deaths in America today is just horrific. A recent poll states that there are two hundred and seventy gun related deaths every day in America on average (Giffords, Kelly 165). “We can not let a minority of people- and that's what this is, a minority of people- hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people,” said Hillary …show more content…
There are easy ways to get a gun even if a court has said that you can not buy a gun. In four years twenty percent of the one thousand, three hundred and seventy-five guns that were confiscated in Chicago, were bought from one store just outside the city limits (Austin). So people that were told that they could not buy a gun, simply went outside the city and bought one to bypass the gun control laws. On the internet, you can just get guns anywhere no matter who you are which is a huge problem (Giffords, Kelly 187). New York investigators found that sixty-two percent of private gun sellers agreed to sell weapons to someone who said that they couldn't pass a background check (Giffords, Kelly 186-187). No private gun seller has to check the person who they are selling a gun to (Giffords, Kelly 127). This means that if can not buy a gun because of background checks, all you will have to do is go online and buy a gun. A poll from 1993 showed that seventy-seven percent of people supported a ban on semiautomatic assault rifles (Giffords, Kelly 127). In the past ten years there have been at least 200 bills that represent a state wanting stricter gun control laws (Cusack). Most Americans would support improvements to gun laws such as: bans on assault firearms, banning people with mental illnesses from purchasing guns, and more detailed background checks (Cusack). A lot of data shows that if we enforce more strict gun control laws that it will reduce violent crimes. So if creating stricter gun control laws is all it takes to reduce crimes, then why don’t we just do that? There could be a lot of reasons, but the biggest is the