More Gun Control and Less Gun Violence Because of the constant gun violence going on in America, there has countless debates on gun control over the past decade. Crime rates are not going to get any better unless there proper gun laws made. Guns have created so many problems and they play a huge role in American culture today. There needs to be better gun control because they have caused so much violence and people do not necessarily need guns in everyday life; background checks are also needed to make sure people are safe. Because of weak gun laws, countless gun shootings have ended thousands of people’s lives. Societies and communities will continue to suffer from gun violence if nothing is done to prevent gun violence. The Prevention Institution, an institution that focuses on reducing violence, states, “Eighty-nine people die from gun violence in the US every day, from school children to victims of domestic violence to people going about their daily lives.” This means that so many shooting have occurred because there were weak gun laws. In addition to not enough gun laws, …show more content…
If the mount of gun usage should be decreased for the sake of people’s safety. One of the reasons why guns may be needed is because of the the Second Amendment from the Bill of Rights. An article titled For Lives and Liberty: Banning Assault Weapons in America by Harvard IOP states, “America no longer maintains statewide militias connected to the federal government; rather, we depend upon a standing army for defense.” This supports the idea do not America is not longer being threatened by militias. Another reason why guns are needed in society is because people need them to defend themselves. According to to Gun Control: Pros and Cons, between 2007 and 2013 only .79% of people used some type of firearm to protect themselves. According to this statistic, guns are hardly used for self