Persuasive Essay On Gun Control Laws

People have been arguing about gun bans and gun control laws for years and years. It wasn’t until recent that the topic became a major problem in our society. The decision to outlaw the possession of a firearm has been very deeply discussed. Gun bans should not be passed because it leaves Americans defenseless against armed criminals. How would you feel if you didn’t have a gun to protect yourself against a home invader? The United States averages one school shooting per week since December 2012. Nothing has been done to change or enforce gun laws and that makes a lot of people angry. In December of 2012, six adults and 20 students were killed at sandy hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. This was recorded as the most shocking example of gun violence since the columbine shooting in 1999. “Yet, perhaps the greatest tragedy is that absolutely nothing has changed since that awful day.” Some believe that if gun bans were put into place that the rate of school …show more content…
The black market industry will rise, criminal activity won’t stop but instead migrate and rise in certain areas. The problem is not the guns but the person holding the gun. A gun does not wake up one day and decide that it wants to kill someone, people do. Guns are not good or bad, it’s what good or bad people choose to do with the gun. Another problem with taking peoples guns away is that it is denying their right to bear arms. Amendments were not meant to be changed but enforced. Maybe next someone will use their words wrong and our right to freedom of speech will be taken away too. There will be a major problem if people hear that their guns are being banned they will not give up their weapons very easily if at all. Guns may be a part of a negative way of life but most people do not have guns to kill other people but they have them to kill animals and to protect themselves against people with negative