Gun Control
For my post, I read an article published in The New York Times titled After Gun Control Marches, ‘It’ll Go Away’ vs. ‘We Are Not Cynical Yet’ by Matt Flegenheimer and Jess Bidgood. The article discusses the current movement for gun control, and why this time feels different than previous movement. The authors interviewed a teen that is fighting for gun control, and the authors discussed how they feel this movement is different because most of its strongest advocates are teens, and they are the next generation and the people that will soon be in-charge of the country. I found this article very poignant and well-written, and I completely agree with most of the points made.
Gun violence is out of control in America. At this point, something really needs to be done. In the wake of the Parkland shooting, teens are banding together to try to achieve stronger gun-control in the US. I stand with them, and advocate for this to the best of my ability. Last year, more than 14,000 people died from gun-violence in the US. With numbers like that, something has to be done. Typically after a mass shooting like Parkland, people do rise up and fight for stricter gun laws for a bit, but they soon give up. That cannot happen this time. Too many people have died for everyone to stop fighting for gun-control once it leaves the news. I truly hope that this movement is the one that finally convinces congress to listen and to do something. I understand that people want to be able to defend themselves, and I know not everyone that owns a gun would harm someone with it. All I, and many advocates, ask is for there to be tighter restrictions and more research into who can acquire a gun. This little fix would save thousands of lives.
Gun control is not the answer. You are correct that there are 14000 gun homicides every year on average. That accounts for a per capita so small that my calculator had trouble showing the number. In fact, we only rank 28th in terms of homicide ranks. The left likes to peg that number higher to push their agenda. And no, there has not been an astounding number of people dying from mass shooting. Simply take 30000 and multiply it by .015 and you get the number of mass shooting deaths AT MOST. That would be 450. Once again, the per capita number is so small that my calculator couldn't even show the number. Also, I honestly don't believe that a republican House, Senate, and President would ever pass a gun control bill. It is against their beliefs. Rightfully so. You say that you understand that people want to defend themselves, and I say this in the most respectful way possible, but it does not seem like you understand whenever you are pushing for more gun restrictions. More gun restrictions would make it harder for people to defend themselves with a legally owned firearm. This is because criminals who are aggressors in a conflict simply don't follow laws. More laws will not instantly make criminals realize that what they are doing is wrong. In fact, you would be hard-pressed to find any country with gun control laws that actually lower homicide rates. Every single country that enacted gun control laws like the UK or France so an increase in the derivative of homicide rates. To put it simply, the already dropping homicide rates began to spike upwards and are stilling going up to this day. To further support my argument in the context of America, 80% of gun homicides are drug or gang related. And with this, I further reiterate that gun control is most definitely not the answer to the "problem" that we have.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you expressed how you actually feel about a very sensitive subject. I agree that something should be done but I do not know what should be done. Great work.
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