Gun Ownership
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Gun ownership should be tightly controlled:
With the cases of deadly shootings or other accidents that result from gun ownership rise, shouldn’t the amount of people allowed to own guns be reduced? This would seem like an obvious statement but in 2013, over 1000 Victorians as young as 12 were granted gun licenses and the numbers have been continuously rising. Gun ownership doesn’t seem to be a big issue but in Australia the number of both licit and illicit guns held by civilians is over 3,050,000. This puts Australia at a rank of 42 out of 178 countries for the rate of private gun ownership, making Australia become an increasingly more dangerous country to live in. The United States is ranked number 1. By taking a look at America we can see why increasing the number of Australians with gun licenses is potentially fatal. With a large number of shootings occurring in America every year, it’s a surprise the gun laws have not been tightened. In Newton, Connecticut, on December 14th 2012, Adam Lanza, shot and killed his mother before driving to Sandy Hook Elementary School where he fatally shot 20 children and 6 staff members. This is Americas deadliest shooting at a school or college and the motive behind the shooting is unknown, as Adam Lanza shot himself at the scene. What is known, however, is the guns Adam used, were owned by his mother and kept at his house. If the access to guns was not so easy for Adam then these lives would not have been lost. This is a clear example of why gun ownership should be tightly controlled, so that everyday people don’t have any access, whatsoever, to weapons that can kill the innocent. Imagine all the pain and misery that would’ve been caused to the family of the victims, how can they rest when they know that something as horrible can happen again, how do they feel sending their children to school everyday not knowing if they’ll come home because anyone can easily own or get a gun and shoot. On July 20 2012 a mass shooting...
With the cases of deadly shootings or other accidents that result from gun ownership rise, shouldn’t the amount of people allowed to own guns be reduced? This would seem like an obvious statement but in 2013, over 1000 Victorians as young as 12 were granted gun licenses and the numbers have been continuously rising. Gun ownership doesn’t seem to be a big issue but in Australia the number of both licit and illicit guns held by civilians is over 3,050,000. This puts Australia at a rank of 42 out of 178 countries for the rate of private gun ownership, making Australia become an increasingly more dangerous country to live in. The United States is ranked number 1. By taking a look at America we can see why increasing the number of Australians with gun licenses is potentially fatal. With a large number of shootings occurring in America every year, it’s a surprise the gun laws have not been tightened. In Newton, Connecticut, on December 14th 2012, Adam Lanza, shot and killed his mother before driving to Sandy Hook Elementary School where he fatally shot 20 children and 6 staff members. This is Americas deadliest shooting at a school or college and the motive behind the shooting is unknown, as Adam Lanza shot himself at the scene. What is known, however, is the guns Adam used, were owned by his mother and kept at his house. If the access to guns was not so easy for Adam then these lives would not have been lost. This is a clear example of why gun ownership should be tightly controlled, so that everyday people don’t have any access, whatsoever, to weapons that can kill the innocent. Imagine all the pain and misery that would’ve been caused to the family of the victims, how can they rest when they know that something as horrible can happen again, how do they feel sending their children to school everyday not knowing if they’ll come home because anyone can easily own or get a gun and shoot. On July 20 2012 a mass shooting...