Firstly every day in the U.S., an average of two
hundred and eighty nine people are shot. Eighty-six of them die, thirty are
murdered, fifty-three kill themselves, two die accidentally, and one is shot in
a police intervention[2]. So
breaking it down further that means that every hour seven people are shot and
just over three of them die[3]. This
to the population of the United States of America that wants guns to have
tighter gun laws, seems to be way to many people that are shot and killed every
day due to guns, and they are not the only ones.
Secondly President Barrack Obama has been trying to
push through some new gun control laws but unfortunately, the predominately
republican senate will not allow it[4]. This
is represented when President Barrack Obama said to the BBC "The United States of America is the one advanced nation on earth in
which we do not have sufficient common-sense, gun-safety laws — even in the face of repeated mass killings. If the
reader looks at the number of Americans killed since 9/11 by terrorism, it's
less than 100. If you look at the number been killed by gun violence, it's in
the tens of thousands. For us not to be able to resolve that issue has been
something that is distressing."[5] This
tells the reader that President Obama has being trying really hard to push
through gun regulation laws but is having a really hard time trying doing it.
Also it's becoming more distressing for him, as more people die.
Thirdly the people in the United States that want
tighter gun laws are not saying that guns should be completely and out right
banned. Because to be honest that is never going to happen in a gun mad country
like the United States, who believe its their right to own a gun. They generally
believe this because in the second amendment of the United States constitution,
but what it’s actually for is so that they could keep a militia which is no
longer needed in the current state that the country is in. Also after a Pew
Foundation report found that 79% of male gun owners and 80% of female gun
owners said owning a gun made them feel safer, and 64% of people living in a
home in which someone else owns a gun felt safer[6]. But the
population of America that is against gun what suggesting is that they introduce
stricter gun control laws. For example Switzerland frequently cited
as a country where widespread gun ownership makes people feel safer, has
stricter gun regulations than the U.S. [7]
Finally The Swiss government has placed limits
on gun ownership and makes gun owners renew their permits 14 times a year[8]. Also on
top of that in Switzerland they frequently exercise their right to own guns.
Yet, despite this Switzerland still has just over seven less gun related deaths
per hundred thousand people every year then the United States of America[9]. This
means that Americas gun related deaths per year is around thirty thousand[10]. The
population of the United States that wants gun control that seems way too many.
So in summary, with something similar to what Switzerland has, we as a society believe
that America would be a lot safer and this alarming number of deaths per year
would rapidly decrease.
In conclusion too many people die from gun
related incidents every day of the year and despite how hard Barrack Obama has
tried to persuade the American people that gun laws are a positive thing, he
hasn't been able to do anything about it. Also the population of the United
States that want tighter laws about gun control, is not saying that guns should
be outright banned, they just believe that with tighter gun laws with something
like what Switzerland has they think that the alarming number of deaths per
year in the United States, would rapidly decrease.
http://timelines.latimes.com/deadliest-shooting-rampages/
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/16/16547690-just-the-facts-gun-violence-in-america?lite
[3] McLaughlin, M. (n.d.). Murders,
Shootings And Gun Sales Per Day: An Average Day In United States. Retrieved
March 21, 2016, from
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/murders-shootings-and-gun-sales-per-day_n_2488664.html
[4] General knowledge
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/oregon-college-shooting/port-arthur-massacre-shooting-spree-changed-australia-gun-laws-n396476
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/oregon-college-shooting/port-arthur-massacre-shooting-spree-changed-australia-gun-laws-n396476
[7] Visualizing gun deaths -
Comparing the U.S. to rest of the world. (2015). Retrieved March 21, 2016, from
http://www.humanosphere.org/science/2015/10/visualizing-gun-deaths-comparing-u-s-rest-world/
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