Persuasive Speech: Gun Control Should Be Regulated

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I. Attention Getter – Gary Johnson once said that “If you out law guns, only out laws will own guns”
II. Reveal the Topic (claim) Statement - Today I will argue that Gun Control should be regulated.
III. Credibility Statement – I feel passionate talking about how Gun Control should be regulated because I have guns at home and feel it’s very important to keep yourself safe even if there is a slight chance of needing to use them for self-defense.
IV. Significance Statement - “I think that it is important that we spend a few minutes on this subject because “According to David Lamp, Publications Director of the Cato Institute [says]. ‘there is no correlation between waiting periods and murder or robbery rates.” With that being said, Kalesan …show more content…

Weather guns are banned or not, criminals will always find a way to obtain guns. According to John R. Lott, Jr., PhD, gun rights activist, stated on May 4th 2002, “The problem with such [gun control] laws is that they take away guns from law-abiding citizens, while would-be criminals ignore them”. Criminals don’t care about laws, that is why they are criminals. “Of 62 mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and 2012, 49 of the shooters used legally obtained guns. Collectively, 143 guns were possessed by the killers with about 75% obtained legally” (Follman Mark). With guns banned that wouldn’t stop the criminals from getting guns illegally and killing people. On November 2012 Lynn Langton said “Between 2005 and 2010, 1.4 million guns were stolen from US homes during property crimes (including burglary and car theft), a yearly average of 232,400 [stolen gun were used]”. June fifth 2013 an Institute of Medicine (IOM) report states that "salmost all guns used in criminal acts enter circulation via initial legal transaction”. Criminals don’t care where they get their guns from, as long as they can buy them and they have no record they don’t care where they come from. According to Staff Sergeant Loader of the Banning Police Department, he said that about one third of the criminals they bring in for gun position had either stolen or …show more content…

On May 9, 2013, the Pew Research Center said, “The police cannot protect everyone all of the time. 61% of men and 56% of women surveyed by Pew Research said that stricter gun laws would "make it more difficult for people to protect their homes and families". People need to be able to protect themselves and their families from invaders, robbers or anyone who tries to harm them or others. Marco Rubio, US Senator, speaking about gun control laws during his 2016 presidential campaign, stated, "If God forbid, ISIS visits our life, our neighborhood, our school, any part of us, the last thing standing, the last line of defense could very well be our ability to protect ourselves”. Guns are around to help people protect themselves against any form of