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Arguments For Gun Control

The violence in today's world, has become ordinary and common. This violence
causes a staggering number of deaths and injuries throughout the world. The main
weapon used to engage in violence is the gun. That's why I want a strict gun control
policy that would nearly abolish guns and make the world a safer place. This policy would
make it impossible to buy guns and would only allow hunters to "rent" guns. By doing
this, violence, related to guns, would greatly and rapidly decrease.
On April 20th, 1999, 2 friends from Columbine, Colorado came to school. They had a
diabolical plan to try and kill as many people as possible. They were well prepared and
had thought out their plan carefully. Together they had 4 guns with them when they
began their "operation". It resulted in the biggest gun issue in the U.S. to date. 12
students and a teacher were killed, that's not including the 2 killers who committed suicide
shortly after the murders. Around 20 others were injured. This single act at Columbine
high school sparked a question in American society, is our gun control policy strong
enough? I say it isn't, with all the deaths and or related to violence in our country today,
it's nearly nearly impossible to ignore it. I say we need a very strict gun control policy.
An after disaster
s like Columbine, a lot of people agree with me. Unfortunately, the
government just can't snap their fingers and automatically have a gun control policy. Like
all laws and regulations, it must go through congress and if it gets through that, then it has
to be signed by the president. Many gun control policies and been proposed in congress
and most haven't even made it through a committee. According to the article "Gun
Control vs. Gun Rights", on www.opensecrets.org, the government only takes action on
gun control when a disaster
occurs or when a well known figure is killed. In my eyes, this
is entirely true considering that when a "normal everyday...