Persuasive Essay On Gun Control

Imagine sitting at the kitchen table enjoying a cup of coffee and your attention is suddenly drawn to the television regarding a local university. The headlines reads lone gunman on local campus with five hostages and two critically injured. The first thing that comes to mind, is it could be a mother, father, sister, brother, or friend. Calls are made to cell phones to no avail, panic set in and worry fills minds. The police are telling worried students, parents, wives, and husbands to not panic and to stay home. Today sadly firearms have become a part of everyday life. Although the 2nd Amendment support the right to Bear Arms, the accidental deaths, teen killings and suicides are all reasons why gun control should be critically restricted

Alabama, Mississippi, Alaska, Arizona, and Florida are all among the 22 states.” (Minimum Age to Purchase & Possess Firearms Policy Summary)

With regulations and laws such as these, how can we protect those that matter most, we cannot. The age requirement for all states should be 21 years of age. The laws continue to protect the gun owners and increasingly continue to put the youth and the unstable at risk of getting their hands on unsafe firearms.

In New York, a 3 year old found father’s gun under the couch and begin playing with it and accidently shot himself in the eye, killing himself instantly. In Georgia, 11 year old sister killed at the hand of her brother. The brother thought that he had removed the bullets from the gun, pulled the trigger and pools of blood poured from his sister’s mouth as she died. (Luo) All of these deaths were avoidable if the firearms were first locked up, and second if they were not readily accessible to children. In the state of Alabama the Alabama Attorney General has petitioned the Supreme Court to remove the San Francisco ordinance rule stating

Men are more likely to be successful in suicide attempts than women, and men usually use firearms as a means to death. “In 2010, there were 19,392 firearm-related suicides.” (CDC) I know this, because a friend committed suicide recently. 24 years old he was a marine vet and he committed suicide in the presence of his girlfriend. One minute he was talking to her and the next he pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head. Suicide by firearms is the fastest growing suicide method exceeding automobile related deaths. (Bangers v bullets; Americans and their cars) States that have more laws in favor of firearms have a greater rate of suicides related to firearms. “” Implementing tougher laws in obtaining firearms and all states implementing the San Francisco ordinance to lock up firearms that are not in use could indeed save