Persuasive Essay On Pro Gun Control
Laws having to do with gun control should have stricter regulations and require more in-depth background checks before anyone is allowed to purchase a fire arm. Gun control has been a major debate for a very long time now. It started hundreds of years ago in different parts of the world and continues today. Though there are always two sides to an argument, I firmly believe that being pro-gun control is important.
People assume that just because you are pro-gun control that you have an “unrealistic” mind set. That you don’t believe in crime or violence and that you think owning a weapon is “immoral.” That is not what I believe. Of course there is violence and crime that occurs every day in our world on the streets of every city. I know that guns are used for more than just assaults, murder, and suicides. However, if we were to restrict some of the laws having to do with weaponry, then maybe we can start to reduce some of these terrible events that have been occurring over the past few decades. …show more content…
What is the most common murder weapon? A gun. Last year alone there were over 10,000 deaths due to gun related incidents in the United States. I don’t believe that all of those were maliciously done or purposely done, but does that make them okay? Some of the deaths that result from a gunshot are accidental. There have been many stories throughout the years about a young child who found his or her parent’s gun in the house and accidentally set it off and shot themselves or a sibling. We can do things to help prevent horrible situations such as these. We can require that people have to have locks on their firearms to prevent this from
People assume that just because you are pro-gun control that you have an “unrealistic” mind set. That you don’t believe in crime or violence and that you think owning a weapon is “immoral.” That is not what I believe. Of course there is violence and crime that occurs every day in our world on the streets of every city. I know that guns are used for more than just assaults, murder, and suicides. However, if we were to restrict some of the laws having to do with weaponry, then maybe we can start to reduce some of these terrible events that have been occurring over the past few decades. …show more content…
What is the most common murder weapon? A gun. Last year alone there were over 10,000 deaths due to gun related incidents in the United States. I don’t believe that all of those were maliciously done or purposely done, but does that make them okay? Some of the deaths that result from a gunshot are accidental. There have been many stories throughout the years about a young child who found his or her parent’s gun in the house and accidentally set it off and shot themselves or a sibling. We can do things to help prevent horrible situations such as these. We can require that people have to have locks on their firearms to prevent this from