Argumentative Essay On Gun Control

Between 1993 and 2003 gun ownership increased by 56 percent, and yet gun violence declined by almost 50 percent (Bandler). Criminals know that if people have guns to protect themselves, then they might not be successful and might not come out alive in a shooting.

Gun Regulation is immoral because guns are not what kill people; it is the people who use the guns to kill people who kill people. Many of these people who cause these mass shootings and killings have mental health issues. Mental Health is a bigger issue than guns, and mental health will be regulated and not guns if the authority and the government want killings to stop occurring. Taking away guns will not stop killings with guns. People will find other ways to kill people,

The fact is that killers don’t kill just because they happen to stumble across a gun, they kill for a reason (Guns). People who kill with guns have a reason to kill, and if they want to kill someone they will do it (Guns). If there were no guns, then people will kill by other means because they do not care how they kill, but that they do kill, for a reason(Guns). Taking away guns does not stop people from killing.

Furthermore, banning assault weapons is pointless because, without them, criminals would just use other weapons (Burke). Some people just want to ban assault rifles, but there are other ways of killing (Burke). Criminals will find new and worse ways to cause destruction to people. Also, people and companies will be able to smuggle guns like people and companies do with drugs.

C. Taking away guns will not help stop people from killing, as new ideas will emerge. A better way to reduce the killing will be to locate armed guards in public places and allow security personnel to arm themselves

The deaths relating to guns is only rising and is why guns will be taken away. If this many people are dying per year because of guns, and the number is only rising, who knows where the number will be in 10 years. People are having their lives taken away and families are broken up because of guns. An analysis of hundreds of shootings in Philadelphia found that people carry firearms were about 4.5 times more likely to be shot than those not carrying (Burke). People carrying guns are more likely to be shot, so why allow people to have guns. These people who are being killed are hurting their loved ones as well, so why present the opportunity to be killed.

Although these statistics are valid and intriguing, supporting the issues of mental illness and creating new programs and presenting ideas regarding the safety of citizens from all weapons including guns, present bigger possibilities to end the killings. Also, many groups and people like the NRA will be furious, and taking away guns or placing regulations on guns will violate our second amendment. Yes, guns are a problem, but taking them away and placing regulation on them will not stop the problems caused by them because new causes of the problems will