Argumentative Essay: Should Assault Weapons Be Banned

People that have lost their lives, might have lost their lives from not being able to defend himself with a gun. Many people have been debating about how assault weapons should be banned. They are trying to prevent gun violence by banning the guns, which hasn’t worked very well. First, the laws that have been passed to try to prevent gun violence. Next, many people think these guns are bad because of their looks. Finally, the criminals should be stopped because they are the ones actually controlling the gun. The gun violence being lowered has been attempted by passing laws.

Many laws have been passed to lower the amount of gun violence that occurs. According to Lois Beckett, “ weapon ban... law allowed… to keep their weapons,” which means when the law was signed, all the criminals who had already an assault weapon could keep it. That’s not the only problem with some gun bans. According to Lois Beckett, “ the ban had [not] contributed to the decline,” which means that before the ban expired, it had worked, but after the ban the crimes went right back to where they were to begin with. There’s another reason why the laws don’t help. According to Adam Winkler, “laws… are… ineffectual… these guns

are… ordinary rifles,” which means that we can’t ban rifles without banning half the handguns in the country, since they are so alike. In conclusion, these laws that have been passed don’t help lower the gun violence.

These big rifles are only look bad, they can’t handle that much.

According to Adam Winkler, “The… thing unique about… rifles is their… look,” which means that these rifles are only intimidating because of their look. That’s not the only thing that is misunderstood of rifles. According to Adam Winkler, “Many people mistake these firearms for machine guns,” which means people think that these guns can fire multiple rounds of ammunition by just pulling the trigger. Military rifles aren’t the only guns killing people. According to Lois Beckett, “ rifles don’t kill the… Americans murdered… handguns do,” which means that the 11,000 Americans murdered each year aren’t necessarily killed with military rifles. In conclusion, it’s only the look of these guns that make them look

bad.

Maybe it’s not the guns we should be targeting at. According to Wheaton and Bresnahan, “stopping guns from getting in… [their] hands,” which means that we could prevent violence if these criminals didn’t get ahold of the guns. That’s not the only example of stopping the criminals. According to Lois Beckett, “ assault weapons… were… the… choice for drug dealers,” which means that the assault weapons aren’t the problem, it’s the criminals. Lois Beckett has another example about why the criminals should be stopped and no the guns. According to Lois Beckett, “target high-risk people or places, rather than guns,” which means that if the higher risk places have cops sitting there, there won’t be as many crimes in those places. In conclusion, we should stop the criminals not the guns because the people are the ones actually committing the crimes.

The guns have always been targeted, but the criminals need to be caught. First, the laws that have been passed don’t help lower gun violence. Second, it’s only the look that people fear of these guns. Finally, cops can sit on patrol at high risk crime places. Gun violence has tried to be prevented by laws banning them, but that is very unreasonable because the laws don’t work. Banning these guns won’t prevent violence because criminals will get their hands on them either way. This has always been a huge debate in the United States, but the real solution is to just leave the guns alone because they can’t control themselves.