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Gun Control Research Paper (“Rough” Draft) As the generations of America’s youth continue to grow, so does the increase in violent crimes associated with each generation. Over the last decade, studies have shown that school shootings have increased by an astonishing 13%. Although this figure as a percentage does not seem like much, it makes one stop and think. Parents blame the video games and their violent behaviors for the influence on their children’s daily lives. Grandparents blame the child’s parents for not showing them the right way to grow up in the world. And then we have that child’s friends who say that this child just was not respected by their classmates, or perhaps even bullied into this violent nature. Regardless of the cause to this violent increase, many Americans do believe in a solution: gun control. Gun control is the situation in which the federal government would put a ban on owning firearms. Contrary to what many “hard-core” Americans believe, gun control would not necessarily ban them from owning hunting rifles or even personal handguns. It would simply limit the ownership of semi-automatic assault rifles, and other rifles of this nature. This does not contradict the Second Amendment of the Constitution which states that American citizens have the Right to Bear Arms. I believe in the constitutional Right to Bear Arms, and I am against any attempt to eradicate that right for any American citizen: however, I am for gun control in the sense of lowering the possession of semi-automatic and fully-automatic rifles. The topic of gun control became an element for discussion among Americans in the early 1930s when mob and gang crime was at an all-time high. The term “Gun Control” refers to a set of laws set in p... ... middle of paper ... ...ng to purchase that semi-automatic AR-15. All they need to buy the firearm is to be over 18, have a conceal and carry license, and not be a convicted felon. It is becoming way too easy for even underage minors to get their hands on these types of weapons. Guns need to be put away in a gun safe or some other type of storage. This way, the rifles are protected from burglary, but they are also kept out of the reach of young children who might misuse the firearms. Such as the boy who used a 20-gauge shotgun owned by his father, after he modified it by sawing off the barrel himself, to open fire in his middle school gym. This young teenager was in middle school and attempting this. We need to stop and think how much differently the day could have ended had he been Adam Lanza’s age with that kind of firepower. Would there be another mass shooting worse than Sandy Hook?