Argumentative Essay On Gun Control

"If arming more people meant that we would be safer, we would be the safest country on earth,” by Shannon Watts, a gun violence prevention activist. In recent years, the United States has been experiencing lots of gun-related issues, the most common being mass shootings. The United States has experienced 39 mass shootings so far in 2023. Lots of people have argued that regulating gun control laws can prevent mass shootings from happening, and others arguing that gun control laws won’t prevent anything and will only restrict owning guns. But in countries that do regulate and enforce gun control laws, it’s proven that gun control laws do prevent mass shootings from happening and also lower crime rate. Not only do gun control laws prevent mass

As gun-related deaths are happening each year, there has to be a cause for it, gun violence. According to APHA, firearms are responsible for “more than 38,000 people and cause nearly 85,000 injuries each year.” This is essential to know because guns are surprisingly mostly used to cause violence against others. Those who disagree may argue that firearms can be a way to keep themself safe as self defense. Although that is true, there are many different ways of self defense, like pepper spray, tasers, and other non lethal ways of self defense. Also, although guns can be used in self defense, people have different intentions of using their guns. Averaging about 38,000 deaths per year due to guns is a huge problem that the United States is going to have to try and fix. The top two causes of these deaths are also due to homicides and suicides, which is also a major concern. This is also important to know because if we could enforce gun control laws then we can reduce the amount of averages that happen per year. It can also reduce the amount of gun-related injuries that happen because there would be less people bearing firearms. In 1994, there was an assault rifle ban,

According to CNN, there was a shooting at a Colorado LGBTQ nightclub in which the suspect “immediately opened fire, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others” and used a long rifle, along with other two firearms, to cause this shooting. The suspect who was involved had intentionally gone into a LGBTQ+ night and shot people because they were against those of the LGBTQ+ community, causing them to be charged with a hate crime. This not only shows how the suspect committed a hate crime, but also shows how people can take advantage of having the right to own a gun and use it for ill intentions. This shooting could have also been easily avoided if the United States had regulated stricter gun control laws since it would be harder for people to purchase guns. According to CBS News, there was a mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket, in which “ten people were killed and three more were wounded” and the suspect involved was “ charged with murder in what officials are calling a hate crime and a case of racially motivated violent extremism” (Albert). After the shooting, the public safety in the community is now at risk. This was a hate crime that was racially motivated and was able to be successful because the suspect was able to legally buy and own a