Gun Shootings

On October 2, 2015, President Barack Obama addressed the nation after yet another shooting, this one being in Oregon. Obama made such claims that this gun issue was becoming “routine” in the nation. With this massacre, along with other prime examples such as the Columbine, Aurora, and Columbia shootings, the nation continues to split down the middle with varying causes, outcomes, and solutions, even though there has yet to be a solid beam of hope to help. However, until the country can find a way to agree on anything, the President may be correct in his accusations. The issue is basic: America has a gun problem. We cannot decide which causes it more, whether it be too easy to access firearms or simply that the country is demoralizing, but

It suggests that we take several precautions as a nation, including mandatory training for gun owners and secure storage for firearms. This solution offers assistance to both sides of the spectrum. On the conservative side, this path allows people to be safer without losing their firearms, while the liberal side can rest easy in their homes, knowing that citizens are learning about gun safety. Now, it may be argued that people will continue to be violent, regardless of the culture. However, even in this case, the majority of gun-owning citizens will have learned the correct way to handle guns, and criminals will be weary of such protection. With such precautions in place, this solution will provide safer communities in the nation, and ultimately a less violent

This solution is undoubtedly the most controversial method of action, but it ultimately can provide the most headway. The proposition is this: the country creates laws that control gun retailing and manufacturing in order to prevent a majority of gun related crimes and accidents. The laws would require consumers to have proper licenses before purchasing a firearm, and they would restrict certain people from purchasing firearms, such as ex-convicts and adolescents. People who already have licenses would have to get them renewed, not unlike driver’s licenses. However, this solution meets much opposition. People are afraid that the government is trying to take away the ever sacred second amendment, and that without weapons, the ordinary man cannot protect himself. This, however, is not the case. Creating these laws would mean that criminals would be less able to commit gun related crimes, and those who abide by the law would still have proper protection. Even if criminals acquire weapons, people can still find protection in their weapons that they have. No matter what certain citizens view and believe, there are few critical downsides of gun control laws; on the contrary, the laws will provide more protection for the American people, and will ultimately show criminals that this country can stand up for