Gun Violence Persuasive Speech

Gun violence is a serious issue, but is taking away guns going to solve it? I think it will not for three main reasons: Laws only affect law abiding citizens, other countries have tried this (it doesn’t work), and that it would be almost impossible to enforce. To start things off, making laws to ban guns will not stop people from getting them. People will buy the guns in question on the black market. The Trans Border Institute estimates that over 250,000 guns are illegally imported into the U.S. and sold on the black market in one year. If someone wanted an illegal gun, they could also buy it on the dark web (almost as many unregistered guns are sold here in one year). If guns aren’t allowed the people who get them illegally will only be
Countries like Australia and Britain have very strict laws. In Australia a law was passed where government would collect all guns from citizens. Britain makes all handguns, semi-automatic, and pump action weapons illegal. Since these laws has been put in place there has been no decrease in gun violence or in number of mass shootings per year for both countries. Australia, Britain, and the U.S. are three very similar countries. If it failed for these two it will also fail for America. If we tried to take away guns, it would be impossible to enforce without ignoring other crimes. About 40% of households in the U.S. have at least one registered gun. This means that the police would need to get permits to search for and seize guns from 50.4 million houses. To pu that into perspective there are 1.8 million police in the U.S. . That means that there are more than 25 times as many houses with guns than police (taking police with guns into account). Rebuttal: Australia and Britain have both seen decreases in gun deaths since these laws have been put in place. It is also estimated that the U.S. would see a two thirds decrease in gun deaths. So therefore, guns should be banned to prevent