Persuasive Essay On Gun Violence
Another teenager lays dying in the streets of Chicago, gasping for their last breath of air before becoming another statistic in the rising violent crime rate produced by guns. This has become an all too familiar scenario for families living not only in Chicago, but inner cities throughout the United States. Mainstream media would like for everyone to believe that it is the gun that is to blame for these crimes, while politicians use these unfortunate events to push their anti-gun agendas. Many legislators have addressed the issue of gun violence with ideas from stricter laws, to all out bans on certain types of weapons. Going back to Chicago, the city has placed a ban on all assault weapons within city limits in hopes of reducing their amount
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However, with only 10 being used in mass shooting over the past ten years is a very low number considering an estimated 2,446,294 AR-15 model rifles alone being owned in the U.S. it would seem assault weapons are not the culprit of violent crime (Peters). Many other countries have also banned assault weapons and even debarred firearms completely. For example France has banned all assault weapons and pistols, allowing only the possession of rifles and shotguns; which the owner must pass a criminal background check and mental health background check as well. After being granted a license to possess a weapon, the licensee must then be re-evaluated every five years to obtain a new permit (Alpers). Unfortunately, on November 13th 2015 over 120 people were killed in a massive attack carried out by terrorists with AK-47 assault rifles. This again shows that by banning assault weapons, it does not have an impact on preventing crimes committed with these types of guns. Similarly, the country of Britain banned firearms completely in 1998. Making it illegal to possess a firearm without a special government issued license. Yet again this did not detour the mass shooting that took place in 2010, killing 12 people and injuring 30 others (McKirdy). Not surprisingly the shooter involved used hunting rifles to carry out his attacks not assault
However, with only 10 being used in mass shooting over the past ten years is a very low number considering an estimated 2,446,294 AR-15 model rifles alone being owned in the U.S. it would seem assault weapons are not the culprit of violent crime (Peters). Many other countries have also banned assault weapons and even debarred firearms completely. For example France has banned all assault weapons and pistols, allowing only the possession of rifles and shotguns; which the owner must pass a criminal background check and mental health background check as well. After being granted a license to possess a weapon, the licensee must then be re-evaluated every five years to obtain a new permit (Alpers). Unfortunately, on November 13th 2015 over 120 people were killed in a massive attack carried out by terrorists with AK-47 assault rifles. This again shows that by banning assault weapons, it does not have an impact on preventing crimes committed with these types of guns. Similarly, the country of Britain banned firearms completely in 1998. Making it illegal to possess a firearm without a special government issued license. Yet again this did not detour the mass shooting that took place in 2010, killing 12 people and injuring 30 others (McKirdy). Not surprisingly the shooter involved used hunting rifles to carry out his attacks not assault