Stance On Gun Control
Michael S. Slaughter
COM/215
28 APRIL 2014
Dr. Karyn Riedell
University of Phoenix

Should Americans have the right to own and carry around firearms? Some say the right to bear arms has become fundamental to the idea for self-defense and safety today and that without guns, Americans would not be able to protect themselves from crooks. Some also say it's important for that right to continue to be etched in the Constitution so that it is ensured for all citizens, no matter which state they live (Intelligence Debates, 2013). I beg to differ.
Did you know that in the United States almost 100,000 people are shot or killed with a gun in one year? Roughly 10,527 people die every year in handgun related incidents in the United States alone. This number represents only the number of deaths caused by handgun related incidents; however, that isn’t counting the thousands of deaths caused by other types of firearms; in one year, around 30,000 Americans die in gun violence. This number, by far, outweighs the number of gun related deaths in countries such as Sweden, Great Britain, and Japan. What is the reason for such drastic differences in numbers? Sweden, Great Britain, and Japan are all countries that have stricter gun control laws than the US and as such have lower gun related homicides. If the US adopted stricter gun control laws, the number of deaths would drop accordingly.
Restricting the right to bear arms will undoubtedly make any community safer. However, to do so would take a lot more than just prohibiting the sale of guns. Many people in every community around the country own guns and although some are used for lawful purpose they still pose a threat of falling into the wrong hands. The thought of gun control is simple, limit the purchase and distribution, however in order to carry this out in America is much harder then it sounds as guns are