Have you ever wondered if you would ever be able to go out again without worrying about being shot? Nowadays guns are very popular that is why so many shootings have been happening. The guns used in these shootings are also so much easier to get then you would think. Today is the day that our nation will try to stop these mass shootings starting with changing some laws around. It is important that the laws on gun violence are changed in order to make communities safer, limit the amount of gun owners, as well as making sure that gun owners have the proper training and permits needed to carry a gun.
The first thing that need to be done is making our community’s safe again. This needs to be done because nowadays people are scared to go to certain places. In order to do this a ban needs to be put on all assault rifles. These guns shoot at such a fast rate that it could injure people quickly just like in the Sandy Hook shooting. “In the article the author states that about 40% of shootings happen with an assault rifle.” The assault rifle is also one of the most popular sold guns in the United States. It has been estimated that about 3.3 million assault rifles were sold between 1986 and 2009.
Since there has been so many shootings over the past couple of years a way to stop this is by adding security into school and other places. Some schools may already have good security but it would be better for all schools to have that same privilege. This security consists of metal detectors and a couple of police officers. The metal detectors would be able to detect when someone is bringing a weapon somewhere. Although it is not going to stop all shootings it will definitely do something. Another we can do is have a couple a police officers stay in our schools all day. Doing this would make a safer environment for kids because they know is something were to happen someone would be there to help. This would also make a bigger challenge for the shooter to do something because there are armed police officers inside.
Another reason why so many people are getting their hands on guns is because they are not put in cases. Any person that buys a gun from someone should need to buy a case with it so it is not just laying around somewhere where it could be easily found. “In the article the author says that about 1.7 million kids live with unlocked guns.” Most of these people keep their guns in a closet or some kind cabinet in their bed room. At least with a case your guns will be locked up where people can’t easily get them. “The author also stated that about 31 percent of shootings may have been prevented if the gun was in a case.” Gun safes would work but the only problem is that no one uses them which is why so many kids have their hands on guns. Gun safes might not be the cheapest things there are but they most certainly are very effective especially when used correctly.
All of this gun violence that is going on could be stopped by limiting the amount of gun owners. We can limit the amount of gun owners by raising the age to being able to own a gun. The age right now to buy a gun in the United States is around 21 years old. The only problem with this is that if you where to buy a gun from an unlicensed sealer the age would be around 18 years old. The age and should be able to buy a gun at is 25. This is because an adult fully matures around the age of 25 and obviously all the younger adults that have guns are irresponsible. Raising the age might not do a lot but it would most certainly stop some people from owning guns.
Since so many people are getting their hands on guns there needs to be a limit on how many they can get. This needs to be done because there is not a law that states how many guns one person could own. A lot of people today own more than one gun which could be very dangerous to us. They could use all of these weapons to hurt a lot of people in a quick way. This is why there needs to be a limit of one to two guns a person can buy. To prove this point we need to look at all of the previous shootings where there was multiple types of bullets found. This proves that in shootings the shooter usually uses more than one gun. This would also be good for limiting the amount of gun owners there are.
Over the past couple of years there has been so much ammunition made that there needs to be checks on how much ammo people have. In the United States alone there is about 10 billion bullets manufactured every year. This means that millions even billions of dollars are wasted every year to make ammunition for guns.This would be a great way to see how much ammo someone has because their are way to many people getting away with thousands of bullets.This would definitely help with finding out if something bad was going to happen. In most shootings there is about 1 to 5 thousands rounds of ammunition used. In most states a person is able to buy ammunition without any oversight. Another thing you can do with ammunition checks is keep deadly bullets out of the hands of civilians.
All gun owners must have the proper permates and traning to own a gun. Most people are able to get away with not having to do anything to get a gun. This is why we need to have background checks on all gun owners. Some gun owners do already get background check but this is only if you get your gun from a licensed gun dealer. So if you do not get your gun from a licensed gun dealer you will not have any background checks on you. This is called a loop hole because the unlicensed sellers are not required to do background checks. Only about 91 percent of America has background checks on them and the other 9 percent has to have further investigations on them. The investigation on whether they have background checks is only aloud to go on for 3 business days. Which means that most of the time people get away with not having background checks.
Something that should have to be done in order to get a gun is proper training. This should be done because not all people know how to use a gun weather they buy it or not. Even some of the school shooters that own guns do not have the proper training that they.This is also good because people can get taught when they really need to use there gun. The only problem with this is that if you buy your gun from an unlicensed dealer you might not get the training you need. Those who buy a handgun are most likely not going to get training compared to those who buy a gun hunting. Around 56 to 58 percent of gun owners actually have the proper training that they need. This means that the other 40 percent of the world does not have any training at all.
In order to limit the amount of shootings our country needs to make it harder to buy guns. This means that you have everything done that needs to be in order to buy a gun. The only hard part about this is that in most states you do not need a permit to buy a gun. In some states you do not need anything to buy a gun not even license or registration. This just shows how bad the process to get a gun really is. This is why we need to in force better laws that will make it harder to get a gun
Placing restrictions on gun ownership and purchases will assure that guns will not be placed in the wrong hands. Hopefully this will help reduce the amount of gun deaths and injuries in America. Accidental gun deaths and injuries, gun related violence and massive shootings and have all become too comin in the United States. Gun violence has caused and excessive amount of trauma on families and communities, and we need to make these communities safer and make them healthy again.
