Argumentative Essay On Gun Reform

With all the gun related violence and school shootings that have happened lately in the United States there has been a lot of talk about whether or not there should be a gun reform. Some people argue that there should be a gun reform with stricter gun laws in order to prevent more gun related violence and crimes from happening. Some others believe that a gun reform is not necessary. They believe that stricter gun laws would cause more gun related violence. The United States should put a gun reform in place that includes stricter gun laws, better regulations, better regulations on gun permits, and restricts the type of guns available to the public. Also the United States should better enforce the gun laws that are in place in each of the individual
(“Major School Shootings”) Our children are dying, other children are living in fear. Some of the most known school shootings of this time period are the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the Virginia Tech shooting, and the Columbine High School shooting. The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting happened in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2014. At the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a 20 year old man opened fire killing twenty-six people, twenty of which were young children mainly aged six and seven. (“Major School Shootings”) Although twenty were killed, many more are suffering as a result of this shooting. These poor families had to be told the news that their sweet little child did not make it. Many of the surviving students may have seen other students or school officials gunned down. They are considered the lucky ones by many people. However, How lucky are they really? They have to live with the horrible images in their mind about that terrible day when their school was shot up by a 20 year old man. The Virginia Tech shooting happened in Blacksburg, Virginia on April 16, 2007. During the Virginia Tech shooting a student opened fire and killed thirty-two and wounded
Too many innocent lives are lost. This is the ideas and thoughts of many Americans. These are the people who are all for a gun reform and the people who are against it. The people that are for a gun reform think that banning certain types of guns, better regulations on who can own and purchase guns, and having stricter laws would completely solve the problem of gun violence. (“Gun Control Laws”) These people believe that if the government says by law that certain people, including criminals, are not legally allowed to own guns that the violence will stop since it will be illegal. These people think that you can have a gun reform without violating the rights of the people because of the second amendment. (“Gun Control Laws”) However the people who are against a gun reform believe that a gun reform will do more harm than good. These people believe that if there is a gun reform with better regulations on who can own a gun it won’t allow some good law abiding citizens to have access to guns. If there are laws that reduce who can own what kinds of guns these people believe it will open up more of a chance for gun violent crimes to be committed. (“Gun Control Laws”) They believe laws would un-arm citizens and that criminals would still find a way to get whatever guns they wanted to get. They believe that this could cause an incident where there are several unarmed citizens with several heavily armed criminals. These people believe that a gun reform