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TitusFlores
EnglishP.6
Shuttleworth
17March2016
GunControl:
Thereshouldbestricterqualificationsoftherighttouseguns.
OnDecember14,2012,inthetownofConnecticut,AdamLanzafatallyshot
twentychildrenbetweentheagesof6and7,alongwithschoolstaffmembersatSandy
HookElementary.Theuseofgunshavebeenaseriouscontroversialtopicworldwidefor
manyyears.Inhistory,therehavebeenmanydifferentscenariosofmassshootings,and
hasoccurredmorethanever,soitmustcometoanend.Mostofthevictimsusually
dontsuspectwhatisabouttohappentothem,andthegunownerdoesntdeserve
enoughjustice.Thereshouldbestricterqualificationsoftherighttouseguns.
Moregunscontrollawswouldreducethesocietalcostsassociatedwithgun
violence.So,iftherewouldbemorestrictlawsongunuse,thentherewouldbelessgun
payments.Onthispro/conwebsiteonguncontrol,Procon.orgdescribesthestatisticsof
howmuchmoneyisbeinglostfromgunviolence:Since2010,thegunviolencewould
costabout$564foreachpersonintheUnitedStates.Knowingthisinformation,Our
societyshouldpickupwhatishappeningwhenourmoneyisplummeting,andmake
moreaggressivelaws.Also,theUSgovernmentislosingroughly$5.5billiondollarsin
losttaxrevenuefromgunviolence.Thisexplainsthatsincethegovernmentgetsthe
moneyfromalltheguncompanies,andtherewillbemorelawsongunusage,thenthere

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willbeatremendousdropinsalesofguns,makingthegovernmentloselotsofmoney.
Besides,Moreguncontrollawswouldreducegundeaths(Procon).Therewere
464,033deathsintheUnitedStatesbetween19992013.Gunsaretheleadingcausesof
death,andifourcountrydoesntdoasinglethingoutofit,therewillbeincreaseofdead
humans.Yetagain,guncontrollawsdonotpreventcrimegunownershipdoes.Assault
weaponbansdidnotsignificantlyaffectmurderratesatthestatelevel.
Anotherkeyreasonregardingtoguncontrolistheuseofgunsbycriminals.
AccordingtoNewsmax,therehasbeenmorethan70massshootingsintheUnited
Statesinthelast30years,and75%ofthegunswereused
Legally
bythemurderers.The
crazyman/womanwithagunisallowedtoownorcarryagunjustbecausehe/sheisan
adult?Thatisjustawful.

Thepersonwhoissellingthegunsshouldtellifthe
man/womanisintheirrightmindofstate.But,allresponsibleadultshavethefreedom
ofrighttoowntheuseofguns,thatareatasanelevel.Furthermore,statistically,you
aremorelikelytoshootsomeonebyaccident,thantoshootahomeinvader.So,keeping
aguninyourhomeiskeepingyouandyourlovedonesindanger.Someofyourkidscan
findthegunandpullthetriggerbyaccidentnotknowingwhathappened.Gun
ownershipforhomesecuritydescribesthat,Thechildrenhandlethefamilysfirearm
withouttheparentsevenknowing.Thisisanunnecessaryitemtokeepinyourhome,
butitcanturnintoanuttercatastrophe.Ontheotherhand,youcankeepthegunand
yourhousewhereyourkidcanneverreachit.Also,therearepeoplewholiveinabad
neighborhoodandneedtheprotectionfortheirfamilyfromburglaries.

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Therehavebeenmanydebatesoverifguncontrolshouldhavestricterlawsor
not.Andthemediashavehadmanyspeakerstalkingabouttheiropiniononguncontrol.
Thespeaker,IIona,isawomanoutofthiscountry,Brazil,whopresentsherspeechof
guncontrol.Shehadwentona20daylivetelevisiontrialonwhetherhercountry
shouldhavestricterlawsontheuseofguns.Unfortunately,shehadnoresponseofwhat
heropponenthadvocalized.Later,theAmericanNRAwenttoBrazilandinundated
withpropaganda,andcompletelysaidnothingaboutguncontrolrights.Also,Hillary
Clintonlecturestotheaudience,Ithinkwehavetolookatthefactthatwelose90
peopleadayfromgunviolence.WhatHillarysaiddoesntseembig,butitis.Itwill
increaseonitssizeofdeathsinamatteroftime.Also,in2010,morethanhalfofthe
adultsownagun.Thatisextremelyscarytothinkabout.Itiswaytoomanypeople
owningguns,andsomeoftheciviliansuseittoharmpeople.Onthecontrary,evenifwe
lose90aday,itisntalotofpeopleacrosstheworldandwontaffectsociety.
Ifsocietywantstopreventthedeathsofthousandsofinnocentpeoplefromgun
usage,theneveryoneshouldgoprotestandstanduptomakingthiscountrytogether.
Wecanmakeastoptothisnonsenseofwherepeoplewhoarenotintherightof
mindstateareallowedtobuyguns.Thisshowsthatweneedstricterqualificationsofthe
righttouseguns.Ifwecandothis,wecansavemillions.