Argumentative Essay: Gun Control Doesn T Kill People

When it comes to individuals supporting gun control, they often don’t see a middle ground between the two. Individuals that support gun control only see guns as the murder not the person holding the gun or pulling the trigger. Often media posts graphs of gun related deaths and injuries on graphs that are not accurate. Individuals don’t do the research to determine what is true or is a fallacy claim of disordered statistics is. More than 60% of all gun related deaths per year are from suicides around 35% are homicide related the other 5% are from accidental deaths. (Pew Research) Guns are not responsible for killing people; the person behind the trigger is the one responsible for killing innocent individuals. When a mass shooting event takes place
Mental health plays a role in why individuals decide to commit the crime of mass shooting or mass killing. The FBI has completed a study that showed out of 133 incidents 11 to 15 percent showed mental health issues that were brought up by a medical practitioner and school officials before a shooting even took place (Every town). For an individual to commit such a horrible crime there is more going on than one can see from the eye. These individuals that commit mass shooting are usually triggered by something as small as rejection or as emotional as abuse as a child. When an individual decides to commit one of these attacks, they are going in with the mindset they are not going to survive and want to kill as many people as possible. According to the American Psychiatric Association these killers mindsets can suggest they believe others to be generally rejecting and uncaring. As a result, they spend a great deal of time feeling resentful and ruminating on past humiliations.(American Psychiatric Association) Individuals that are suffering from mental health issues shouldn’t be allowed to access guns, which is why states like California have a background screening enforced to try and prevent as many gun sales as