Dbq Essay On Gun Control In The United States

Gun control in the United states is a big issue. Firearms are involved in the deaths of more than 30,000 people each year, two thirds of which are suicides. But at the same time, many feel that the right to own a gun is sacred. Gun control laws should be stricter to reduce people with mental health from potentially killing, committing suicide, or having an accident where a miscommunication could end in tragedy. The restriction of guns is not only to stop mass shootings, but suicides as well. As Bloomberg and the Newsela staff said in their issue overview of guns in America, “firearms are involved in the deaths of more than 30,000 people in the U.S annually, about two thirds of which are suicides,” (Doc A) That’s about 2,000 people each year. But none of them could have with gun restrictions. If we stop anyone with depression from buying a gun, then the death toll could drop significantly. Unfortunately, just the opposite is happening, as

But in texas, the opposite is happening. Guns are now allowed on certain parts of campus, because: “Guns-rights activists insist the right to have weapons on campus falls under the Second Amendment of the US constitution. They call it a critical self-defense measure,” (Doc C) But what they don’t stop to think is, ‘if there were no guns allowed on campus, then there would be no shootings,’ And outside intruders would be less likely to attack, because the selling of guns to the mentally ill would be illegal. Still, the law allows private schools to keep their bans in place, and “most have opted to do so, including Baylor, Rice, Southern Methodist and Texas Christian universities, the largest and most influential private schools in the area,” (Doc C) The fact that the public school allowed the ‘campus carry’ and the privates did not, seems to show that the public wants the guns, but the smart private guys know