Right To Bear Arms Essay

The recent tragedy in Orlando has resonated throughout the world rapidly. Despite this, Omar Mateen, a radicalised young adult was only repeating a fatal pattern, a pattern in which the world recognises, a pattern that clearly needs to come to a stop. Although being tragic, US soil and the US’ worldly reputation has been stained once again, and to no extent does it surprise anyone.

Generally speaking, the one question that plays on everyone’s mind is ‘how?’.

It’s called an amendment. Specifically speaking, the second amendment – ‘the right to bear arms’.

Omar Mateen knew about the second amendment, Omar knew that he had a right to bear arms, and lastly Omar knew that there was nothing preventing him from doing so. Not only did Omar take

advantage of this “Constitutional Amendment” but it was prevalent on that day that he had abused it.
There are close to no gun laws that exist within the American Law system.

The right to own a firearm or ‘bear arms’ on US soil is clearly too accessible. All Omar had to do was walk into the general store down the road and pay an honest workers wage in order to purchase a gun. That is all it takes. A small arms survey taken suggested that 42 percent of all guns owned in the world were indeed owned by American civilians.

Where are the Laws? Where is the legislation?

On account of the horrific mass murder of Port Arthur, the Australian government conclusively and successfully banned firearms as depicted within John Howard’s ‘National Firearms Agreement’ in 1988. This undoubtedly prevented the possible deadly pattern that plagues the US from occurring on Australian soil.

Laws that reduce the accessibility of purchasing guns need to be enacted if the US want to stop the constant tragedies from occurring.

If you’re a wise person, you would understand that guns kill. With no bans against guns, the murders and shootings that seem to be omnipresent in the US will not rest. According to a statistical analysis recorded by the American Gun Violence Archive, there are approximately 10,000 people killed by guns each year on average. This absolutely staggering figure purely displays the necessity for the banning of guns in the

US.
Ask yourself, would you feel safe knowing that nearly everyone you pass when walking down the street possessed some form of a firearm?

Another major issue of gun ownership is the medical consequences that it brings about. The tragic misuse of guns has to lead the AMA or the American Medical association to announce that America is officially facing a ‘public health crisis’. In today’s modern day society, we are unquestionably aware and cautious of ever-present psychological illnesses. The ill use of illegal and legal guns consequently causes honest civilians and innocent people to spend a larger sum of money on unnecessary bills in order to try and fix those who were either directly or indirectly affected by these tragedies.
Statistically, taxpayers in the US pay up to $12.8 million per day just to repair the impairment caused by firearms alone.
Although many are for the legislation of guns, there are certainly a number of individuals and groups who employ the excuse of ‘self-protection’ when talking about arms. Not only is this pretext to carry firearms violent, it is illogical and is statistically proven to be only futile. It has been confirmed by the AMA that there is a ratio of one justifiable homicide for every 896 guns put in the hands of criminals.
Although guns may be abused by certain individuals to harm others, we should not fail to recall the issue of suicide due to firearms. Research by the Military Suicide Research Consortium (MSRC) states that a person who wants to commit suicide is unlikely to commit suicide with poison or a knife when a gun is available. Not only is this alarming, but it disturbingly displays the imminent dangers of unlegislated firearms.
The proper and necessary legislation of firearms on US soil is absolutely necessary in order to preserve the country’s reputation and safety. Massacres and deaths caused by guns in the US such as the recent Orlando shooting are completely unacceptable. It’s time to cut the down the tree itself instead of poorly cutting off the branches.