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A Push Towards Tougher Gun Laws
By: abhinavtalwar1 Date: August 20, 2012, 9:14 pm
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The notorious issue of gun control in our country has been the
topic of an ongoing debate. Many people believe that The
Constitution gives each and every citizen in the United States
of America the right to bear arms (the second amendment in the
Bill of Rights). However, the past couple of decades have seen
devastating times due to the abuse of this right.
Recently, increased attention has been given to the debate over
gun violence after a series of disastrous events. Last year, a
man appeared at a democratic convention in Tucson Arizona and
killed several innocent civilians. Just weeks ago, there was a
gunman in a theater in Colorado. Almost immediately after, there
was shooting in a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, and countless other
incidences in between. It seems to me that public life just
doesn't seem safe anymore.
Gun control supporters were utterly shocked when they found that
nothing was being done to restrict the flow of guns into the
public, especially after all the recent shooting incidences.
Congress had tried to pass a few weak laws to satisfy the public
need- but the laws went absolutely nowhere.
Its appalling that with all the havoc spreading around about the
misuse of firearms, the government has done very minimal so
solve the issue when in fact they are the only ones that can
stop it! The only realistic and reasonable solution to this
reoccurring problem is for the federal and state governments to
make stricter gun control laws. These laws would have to address
certain problems that the public has addressed.
First, it is evident through a series of interviews from CNN
that victims of these shootings (the Aurora Colorado theater
shootings to be specific) feel that creating gun control laws
would only worsen the situation. They believe that decreasing
the amount of legal guns given to the public would just make
criminals turn to illegal methods of getting these weapons, also
called gun trafficking. These people do have a point.
Yet, there are ways to beat gun trafficking. One method that
could be initiated is to regulate the amount of guns issued to a
single person. The driving force behind gun trafficking is one
person buying bundles of guns and selling them off illegally to
people without a license. If a decreased number of weapons are
handed out, the chance of a person receiving an illegally issued
gun would decrease significantly.
Another major problem the public has been raising their voice
about is the possibility of security through buying a gun. In
fact, the New York Times reported that the gun purchases in
Wisconsin and Colorado sky rocketed after the shooting
incidences. Many civilians reported to the New York Times
reporters that they were simply loading up on “ammo” so that
they could protect themselves incase of future threats.
Im sure there are many people that believe that keeping a gun
hid inside their closet will keep them safer just like the
victims of the shootings do. This is incorrect, and thats not my
opinion, its a legitimate fact. As reported by CNN, keeping a
gun accessible to any family member makes them 43 times more
likely to kill or injure another person severely. Keeping a gun
seems to simply instills a person with a false sense of security
not actual protection. There is no logic in giving up actual
security just to feel safe and protected.
Another controversial issue was found in the Tucson Arizona
shooting incident. Jared Loughner, the perpetrator of the crime
obtained firearms legally. He took these arms to a small
Democratic convention in Tucson and fired off shots at
Democratic representative Gabriel Giffords and many other
ordinary people. Considering he was a registered Democrat, it is
evident that he was mentally ill. To make matters even worse,
Mr. Loughner had already been diagnosed as “unstable” long
before he actually went to buy a gun.
How could anyone possibly sell a gun to a person who was known
to be not mentally well? This is absolute absurdity, and gives
us all a really good reason to be scared. If this man owned a
gun legally, there could be dozens of other people who are not
mentally well owning guns. One method of weeding out these
irresponsible gun users would be to perform a background checks
on each person before they are allowed to buy a gun.
Additionally, anyone who is admitted into a psychiatric
institute would be stripped of their weapon. Not only would this
get rid of medically unsuitable gun owners, but it would also
not allow people with a criminal history to purchase guns.
In the end, the only way to stop the current reoccurring problem
of gun shootings and the killing of innocent people is for the
government to create stricter gun control laws. Simple steps
like performing background checks, limiting selling of firearms,
and even perhaps renewing gun licenses every couple years could
drastically improve the safety of our nation.
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Re: A Push Towards Tougher Gun Laws- Edited
By: abhinavtalwar1 Date: August 26, 2012, 9:58 am
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The notorious issue of gun control has been the topic of an
ongoing debate in our country. Many people believe that The
Constitution gives each and every citizen in the United States
the right to bear arms (the second amendment in the Bill of
Rights). However during the past couple of years the U.S. has
faced numerous devastating gun control problems due to the abuse
of guns.
Recently increased attention has been given to the debate over
gun violence after a series of unfortunate events. Last year, a
man by the name of Jared Lee Loughner appeared at a democratic
convention in Tucson Arizona and killed U.S. Representative
Gabrielle Giffords along with several innocent civilians. Just
weeks ago there was a gunman at a theater in Colorado who killed
numerous men and women. Immediately after there was shooting at
a Sikh temple in Wisconsin where many were also killed and
wounded. Aside from these incidents countless others have also
occurred.
Gun control advocates were shocked when they found that nothing
was being done to restrict the flow of guns into the public,
especially after all the recent shooting incidences. Congress
had tried to pass a few laws to mitigate the public’s qualms,
but the laws were unsuccessful.
It’s appalling that with all the havoc spreading around about
the misuse of firearms the government has done very little to
solve this issue. The only realistic and reasonable solution to
this recurring problem is for the federal and state governments
to make stricter gun control laws.
It is evident through a series of interviews from CNN that
victims of these shootings (the Aurora Colorado theater
shootings to be specific) felt that creating gun control laws
would only worsen the situation. They believed that decreasing
the amount of legal guns given to the public would just make
criminals resort to illegal methods of obtaining these weapons,
known as gun trafficking.
Yet there are ways to beat gun trafficking. One method that
could be initiated is to regulate the amount of guns issued to a
single person. The driving force behind gun trafficking is that
one person buys bundles of guns and sells them illegally to
people without a firearms license. If a decreased number of
weapons were handed out, the chance of a person receiving an
illegally issued gun would decrease significantly.
Another major problem is the issue of security by owning a gun.
The New York Times reported that the gun purchases in Wisconsin
and Colorado skyrocketed after the shooting incidences. Many
civilians reported to the New York Times reporters that they
were simply loading up on “ammo” so that they could protect
themselves incase of future threats.
There are many people that believe that keeping a gun hidden
inside their closet will keep them safer, however, that is
incorrect; that is not my opinion but a legitimate fact. As
reported by CNN, keeping a gun accessible to any family member
makes them 43 times more likely to kill or injure another person
severely. Keeping a gun seems to instill a person with a false
sense of security, not actual protection.
Another controversial issue was found in the Tucson Arizona
shooting incident. Jared Lee Loughner, the perpetrator of the
crime, obtained firearms legally. He took these arms to a small
Democratic convention in Tucson and fired off shots at
Democratic representative Gabriel Giffords and ordinary
citizens. Considering he was a registered Democrat, it is
evident that he was mentally ill. Even worse, Mr. Loughner had
already been diagnosed as “unstable” long before he actually
went to purchase a gun.
How could anyone sell a gun to a person who was known to be
mentally ill? This is absolute absurdity, and gives us all a
really good reason to be worried. One method of weeding out
irresponsible gun users could be to perform a background check
on each person before he or she is allowed to buy a gun.
Additionally, anyone who is admitted into a psychiatric
institute should be stripped of their weapons. Not only would
this remove medically unsuitable gun owners, but also would not
allow people with a criminal history to purchase guns.
In the end the only way to end the current recurring problem of
gun shooting is for the government to create stricter gun
control laws. Simple steps like performing background checks,
limiting the selling of firearms, and renewing gun licenses
every couple years could drastically improve the safety of our
nation.
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