Gun Violence On The United States - 1418 Words

According to CNN, â€Å"close to 33,000 Americans were victims of gun-related deaths in 2011 and an average of 268 citizens are shot every day†. Thousands of children and women are the victim of gun violence. Gun violence in the United States is increasing as each year passes by. Most of the time, poor people or low class people are the victim of gun violence. In the United States, by the law, a license is required to have a gun, but law informant agencies are failing to do that. Some people are carrying guns without a license, and use them to commit crimes, such as robberies and murdering innocent people. Some people argue that guns should be limited to only police officers and military, and citizens should not be allowed to carry guns. They†¦show more content†¦However, owning a gun is not the only way for an individual to defend himself. There are security systems, self-defense classes, and martial art classes. Purchasing a gun and believing it can protect someone is quite naà ¯ve. There are better approaches an individual can take to protect themselves. With purchasing a gun, one must have a license to own and use it. Some people even commit a crime with license guns, so guns should not be allowed to citizen for any reason. There should be completely ban on gun sell. Gun control would reduce the rate of homicide and gun control would surely reduce crime. It will place qualifications for people who are eligible to have a gun. That would lead to less people having guns and only the more responsible people in the world owning guns. I believe this would reduce both crimes and deaths. In an article, â€Å"The Facts That Neither Side Wants to Admit about Gun Control†, by Justin King, acknowledges, â€Å"Australia enacted its gun ban in 1996. Murders have basically run flat, seeing only a small spike after the ban and then returning almost immediately to preban numbers† (King). Gun control will help crime rates and homicide rates dr op. Guns are very powerful weapons and should not be in the hands of just anyone. If United States can have strict rules about the selling of guns, like other countries do then it will surely reduce crimes. Many