One Nation Under Firearms, One And Divisable The United States has been trying to avoid the gun control topic for centuries, but the increment in mass shootings has caused an uproar between the government and citizens across the country. Many citizens have argued in favor of strict gun laws while others try to prove that guns are not the problem. From January to April of 2018 alone there were 53 mass shootings. We used to be surprised whenever we saw the mass shooting headline on the news but now it looks like America has become accustomed to it. Our government claims to be working on stricter gun laws yet many citizens ask themselves who the next victim will be. Stricter gun laws should be unquestionable since our country is in high demand for such a big change. When we talk about wanting a gun reform it is easy to …show more content…
Many semiautomatic firearm owners will say that they own the firearm because they use it for hunting. Owning handguns and rifles is normal but owning multiple high caliber firearms is not. On a average year a hunter will kill eighteen deer, so a semiautomatic firearm would be too much for one deer at a time. In one day ninety-seven people die from gun violence, but it would be foolish to say that gun violence is not a product of our flawed gun laws. When reading Sarah Grays article “Here’s a Timeline of the Major Gun Control Laws in America” we learn that former President Clinton passed the “ten year law in 1994 that banned six dozen kinds of assault weapons” (62) This law was never renewed because it was full of loopholes and it really only banned 18 firearms. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania said that crime fell in the 1990’s because of other reasons not stated. Although banning the six dozen kinds of firearms didn’t seem to make a difference in 1994 as a developing country creating a new gun reform should be better than the one in