Why Do Guns Kill People?
On average over 100,000 people are killed by guns in murders, assaults, police intervention and accidents ("Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence."). Many people say that it isn't the guns that kill people, it’s people, but this is incorrect because if people didn’t posses guns they wouldn’t be able to murder people in a simple quick way. The debate on the second amendment and gun control laws has been going on for the past couple decades in the United States. Recently deadly mass shooting have become frequent. Besides a few new safety procedures for schools and workplaces, not much has been done to make current and future generations safer from guns. Guns have been obtained by people who have mental disabilities, are unstable, or dislike
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On the average day, “289 people are shot. Eighty-six of them die: 30 are murdered, 53 kill themselves, two die accidentally, and one is shot in a police intervention” (Brady Campaign 1) Imagine if all of these people couldn’t obtain guns on the first place. That would be very significant because it would save the lives and horrible pains of 289 people and the pain their families and friends would go through. Having a loved one shot is devastating and can cause permanent damage. Most people feel that if they have a gun at home it will protect their family from an intruder, but “According to a 1998 study by the Journal of Trauma, a gun kept in a home is twenty-two times more likely to kill a family member or friend than an intruder” (Long 42). This shows that if the average person were not allowed to possess a gun, it could save the lives of loved ones and prevent accidents. If laws were created preventing the ownership of guns, the number of people that are shot daily (289) would significantly decrease. “Since Sandy Hook there has been a school shooting, on average, every week. How on earth can we live with ourselves if we do nothing?” (Ye Hee Lee 1) Once a week a criminal goes to a school and shots at innocent children and we have not made any laws or greater restrictions to stop them. Making laws that make it almost impossible for these criminals to obtain guns would decrease the number of school shootings, and the number of deaths brought upon the students and teachers. The logic is simple: with fewer guns, fewer people will
On the average day, “289 people are shot. Eighty-six of them die: 30 are murdered, 53 kill themselves, two die accidentally, and one is shot in a police intervention” (Brady Campaign 1) Imagine if all of these people couldn’t obtain guns on the first place. That would be very significant because it would save the lives and horrible pains of 289 people and the pain their families and friends would go through. Having a loved one shot is devastating and can cause permanent damage. Most people feel that if they have a gun at home it will protect their family from an intruder, but “According to a 1998 study by the Journal of Trauma, a gun kept in a home is twenty-two times more likely to kill a family member or friend than an intruder” (Long 42). This shows that if the average person were not allowed to possess a gun, it could save the lives of loved ones and prevent accidents. If laws were created preventing the ownership of guns, the number of people that are shot daily (289) would significantly decrease. “Since Sandy Hook there has been a school shooting, on average, every week. How on earth can we live with ourselves if we do nothing?” (Ye Hee Lee 1) Once a week a criminal goes to a school and shots at innocent children and we have not made any laws or greater restrictions to stop them. Making laws that make it almost impossible for these criminals to obtain guns would decrease the number of school shootings, and the number of deaths brought upon the students and teachers. The logic is simple: with fewer guns, fewer people will