Why Guns Should Be Banned
Oral exam English
1. Banning guns
Owning a gun is legal in the USA. Actually, it’s the second amendment. The USA has the highest civilian gun ownership rate in the world. US civilians own about 270 million guns, compared to about 3 million guns owned by the military and less than 1 million guns owned by the police, also in the USA. In 2009, gun deaths actually outraced motor vehicle deaths in 10 US states. The 20% of gun owners possess 60% of all guns in the USA.
Gun violence and gun control have been in the news a lot lately. This is because of the recent shooting in Newtown, Connecticut where 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot twenty children, six adult staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School and his mother at their home. Later on he committed suicide. Since the mass shooting, there’s been an explosive discussion about whether the US has to tougher their laws or even ban civilians from having guns. Some say the culture of permissiveness is now so out of control, that something has to change. The gun discussion has been the Congress agenda for years now, but the opinions on gun owning are so controversial, that no one is able to take big steps.
On the internet, lots of people have started arguing about whether or not to ban guns. NRA-members have actually been very upset and aggressive towards people who want to ban guns. Some have actually announced a pay-back if guns are banned.
For: 1. There would be less murdering. Most murders in the USA are done by shootings and statistics indicate that the number of people killed in mass shootings was lower during the ban, 1994-2004). Banning military-style assault weapons are the least the government should ban, because these weapons are not made for hunting or self-defense, but for mass shootings.
2. It doesn’t make you and your family safer: Protection for your home is a seemingly logical point. Use a gun to keep your house safe? The only problem is that guns are mostly just able to be
1. Banning guns
Owning a gun is legal in the USA. Actually, it’s the second amendment. The USA has the highest civilian gun ownership rate in the world. US civilians own about 270 million guns, compared to about 3 million guns owned by the military and less than 1 million guns owned by the police, also in the USA. In 2009, gun deaths actually outraced motor vehicle deaths in 10 US states. The 20% of gun owners possess 60% of all guns in the USA.
Gun violence and gun control have been in the news a lot lately. This is because of the recent shooting in Newtown, Connecticut where 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot twenty children, six adult staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School and his mother at their home. Later on he committed suicide. Since the mass shooting, there’s been an explosive discussion about whether the US has to tougher their laws or even ban civilians from having guns. Some say the culture of permissiveness is now so out of control, that something has to change. The gun discussion has been the Congress agenda for years now, but the opinions on gun owning are so controversial, that no one is able to take big steps.
On the internet, lots of people have started arguing about whether or not to ban guns. NRA-members have actually been very upset and aggressive towards people who want to ban guns. Some have actually announced a pay-back if guns are banned.
For: 1. There would be less murdering. Most murders in the USA are done by shootings and statistics indicate that the number of people killed in mass shootings was lower during the ban, 1994-2004). Banning military-style assault weapons are the least the government should ban, because these weapons are not made for hunting or self-defense, but for mass shootings.
2. It doesn’t make you and your family safer: Protection for your home is a seemingly logical point. Use a gun to keep your house safe? The only problem is that guns are mostly just able to be