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heres my paper i just did on this :
According to a report released in March 1993 by the National Center for Health Statistics, the rate at which American teens (ages 15-19) were killed by guns nearly doubled from 1985 to 1990. It rose from 13.3 per 100,000 to 23.5 per 100,000. High powered semi automatic rifles can fire thirty rounds in a clip. About 50,000 of these are privately owned in the United States alone. I propose that we enforce more strict gun control laws in the United States.
Many people believe there is nothing wrong with the current status quo on gun control. Recent school and office shootings seem to prove otherwise. More guns are being bought now more than ever, and many are being illegally bought. We need to do something about this before it gets out of hand. In 1987, there were 166 times more handgun murders in the United States than in Canada, where the purchase and carrying of handguns are severely restricted. According to the Uniform Crime reports issued by the FBI in 1992, the number of juveniles (ages 10-17) committing murder with guns increased by 79% from 1980 to 1990. This shows a need for change. Many people who believe there is nothing wrong with the status quo argue for the Second Amendment, or the right to bear arms. The truth is, the Second Amendment was written hundreds of years ago in a different time and is therefore no longer relevant to the world in which we now live. Times have changed. You can’t yell fire in a movie theater and claim its free speech. Same with the gun control and people who believe they have a right to bear arms all the time. You need to draw the line. The common good should override the rights guaranteed in the Constitution.
I propose that more strict gun control laws be placed on individuals who want to buy a gun. There needs to be a 14 day waiting period on people attempting to buy guns. Anyone now can get a gun as long as they aren’t crazy. This shouldn’t be like this. The background checks should be more extensive and the places you are allowed to carry guns should be more enforced. For example, you aren’t allowed to bear arms in a place of 2,500 people or more. Why is the number 2,500? If there is a person with a gun in 2,000 people then he has he chance of harming 2,000 people, including himself. A person who chooses to have a gun shouldn’t be allowed to harm anyone but himself. If he or she chooses to have a gun, then that is there decision, as long as they are being purchased legally. Many guns are being purchased illegally, though. The FBI needs to crack down on this by investigating more and pouring more money into gun control. If we can cut down on the number of people who purchase illegal guns, then the people who purchase guns for sporting use, who in fact aren’t violent, can enjoy a lower waiting period for the purchase of guns. People caught with illegal weapons or concealing a weapon in a place where the law doesn’t permit should be subjected to a large fine and a significant amount of jail time. If you aren’t a criminal, you shouldn’t have any problem with a waiting period. It is the criminals who illegally purchase guns who have a problem with this, in fear of being caught.
If gun control laws become more strict, the whole country will benefit. It is for the common good of the country to enforce these laws. The safety and security of people in this country is what is supposed to be more important to us. If everyone carried a gun, then violence would go up. More shootings would occur everyday and chaos would result. If the purchase of illegal guns were cut if half, it would result in that much less crime. Any less crime in this country is an improvement. More strict gun control laws can only help the country, and would result in a safer place to live.
I urge you to pass a law on a longer waiting period for gun purchasing and the illegal sale of guns. Are you not moved by the many school shootings in which those students illegally purchased guns? More strict gun control laws will help this country become a more stable, safe, secure place.
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