GUN CONTROL Legislation on gun control should be improved on in America.

 

LAWS ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH

Why can people get guns? The current policy on owning a weapon

allows anyone to purchase a fire arm with a valid I.D. and a background check

Weapons are supposed to be registered with the state that identifies a specific serial number These numbers are often times filed off.

DEVASTATION IN THE NATION

In recent years, several devastating scenes have played out in the country

Whether in schools or shopping malls, people who have no business with guns use them to murder innocent victims.

SALES OF GUNS

Not all gun sales are conducted through proper channels

Because of technology, guns are cheaper to make and therefore cheaper to buy

NOT EVERYONE IS FIT TO OWN A GUN

Some want a gun for a hobby or for protection

Some have mental illnesses and want a gun so that they can hurt or kill another person

Millard South incident

CHILDREN ARE AFFECTED

A person may own a gun for household protection, but the gun is “22 times more likely to shoot a member of their family than an intruder”

Children find a gun and do not understand the reality Can “play” and accidentally kill

someone

GUNS ARE TOO EASY TO GET

Even in places where the sale of fire arms is illegal, guns are easy to get.

Sams “says it wouldn’t be much trouble to get” guns even though there’s a ban on fire arms in Washington D.C.

“RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS”

Rights activists from the National Rifle Association would argue that the right to own guns falls under the second amendment of the U. S. Constitution: The Right to Bear Arms.

The authors didn’t know about the technological advances we have had

SUMMARY

The bottom line is that too many innocent people are being killed each year by guns for unnecessary reasons.

First, the current requirements allow anyone with a mental health issue to purchase a gun,

Children want to own guns so that they can mimic the grown ups that they see on television.

And at the moment, there are countless numbers of unregistered weapons on the streets being sold easily every day

QUESTIONS

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WORKS CITED

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Moyers, Bill. Bill Moyers on Guns and the gun Lobby. One Utah. 2009. Web. 12, June, 2009.

Schwartz, Emma. “In Congress. The Uphill battle for Gun Control.” News and World Report 17 March. 2008: 41-43. Print.

Sweas, Megan. “Under the Gun.” U.S. Catholic July. 2009:12-21. Print.