On the date of April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold massacred thirteen, and injured an additional 21. After all of the bloodshed, they committed suicide in the library. On April 16, 2007, a college student in the state of Virgina named Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and wounded 17 others on the campus before turning the gun on himself. In July of 2012, a mass shooting happened inside of a Colorado movie theater during a screening of the Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises”. Twelve people were killed and fifty-eight others were harmed. Limitations and restrictions need to be placed on all weapons of every size for these reasons – Innocent people are dying at the hands of a mentally unstable person. These are a couple of numerous examples of mass shootings that have happened in the past which have sparked countrywide debate about the controversial topic of gun control. If something isn’t done about keeping firearms under control then these awful crimes may be committed in the future. Every 3 years, approximately 300 thousand Americans fall victim to gun violence. I do not believe guns should be outright banned, but …show more content…
According to statistics the possibility of a homicide occurring in a home with a firearm is anywhere from 40 percent to 170 percent. This shows that people who have the access to a gun in their home almost have a 4 times greater chance of committing homicide than people who do not possess a gun. Another study showed that 37 school shootings in 26 different states had revealed that in nearly two-thirds of the incidents, the shooter got the gun from his or her own home or from a family member. Although it is commonly said that possessing a firearm insures safety, people need to understand that the percentage of a homicide occurring due to that same firearm increases