College Essay On Gun Violence
Gun Violence
Each day approximately thirty-two people are killed by another person through gun violence, fifty-one-commit suicide with a gun, and forty-five people are shot on accident. The availability of guns is the leading cause to gun violence; In order to decrease crime rates the Government must stop loopholes on gun availability, and increase regulations on background checks.
The main reasons for all of this gun violence are the works of loopholes: opportunities, the blame are on loopholes because it allows anyone to get their hands on a weapon legally with out and restraints. This allows people to do what is legal so it doesn’t seem wrong, but comes back to bite many citizens. Private gun owners are not restricted from selling guns …show more content…
The shooter was prohibited from purchasing a gun because his wife put a restraining order against him, because there has been past events of violence between the two. Somehow, He was still able to buy a gun because the seller was not required to run a background check and was unaware of the restraining order.” When background checks are required, they are very effective when keeping guns out of the hands out of criminals and prohibited people. On Jan. 5, 2016, President Obama unveiled his new strategy to curb gun violence in America (Legislatures). This plan doesn’t include any new regulations, or an executive order. Rather, Obama has clarified that anyone that “engages in the business” of selling guns that does not acquire a license and subject buyers to background checks will be federally persecuted. A person who “willfully enters the business of selling firearms with out a license can be sentenced up to five years in prison and fined up to 250,000,” the White House warned. Jeb Bush said Obama’s plan would take away the rights of someone “selling a gun out of their own collection, a one-off gun” by requiring that person to perform background checks. Jeb logically shuts down Obamas gun control proposal because it takes away the rights of any U.S citizens. Also republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio released an ad regarding Obamas gun proposal stating “His [Obama’s]
Each day approximately thirty-two people are killed by another person through gun violence, fifty-one-commit suicide with a gun, and forty-five people are shot on accident. The availability of guns is the leading cause to gun violence; In order to decrease crime rates the Government must stop loopholes on gun availability, and increase regulations on background checks.
The main reasons for all of this gun violence are the works of loopholes: opportunities, the blame are on loopholes because it allows anyone to get their hands on a weapon legally with out and restraints. This allows people to do what is legal so it doesn’t seem wrong, but comes back to bite many citizens. Private gun owners are not restricted from selling guns …show more content…
The shooter was prohibited from purchasing a gun because his wife put a restraining order against him, because there has been past events of violence between the two. Somehow, He was still able to buy a gun because the seller was not required to run a background check and was unaware of the restraining order.” When background checks are required, they are very effective when keeping guns out of the hands out of criminals and prohibited people. On Jan. 5, 2016, President Obama unveiled his new strategy to curb gun violence in America (Legislatures). This plan doesn’t include any new regulations, or an executive order. Rather, Obama has clarified that anyone that “engages in the business” of selling guns that does not acquire a license and subject buyers to background checks will be federally persecuted. A person who “willfully enters the business of selling firearms with out a license can be sentenced up to five years in prison and fined up to 250,000,” the White House warned. Jeb Bush said Obama’s plan would take away the rights of someone “selling a gun out of their own collection, a one-off gun” by requiring that person to perform background checks. Jeb logically shuts down Obamas gun control proposal because it takes away the rights of any U.S citizens. Also republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio released an ad regarding Obamas gun proposal stating “His [Obama’s]