Adam Gopnik’s article “The Simple Truth About Gun Control” expresses about the reality of gun control. Gopnik compares the shooting massacres as an illness, where there are millions of children affected by this disease. And instead of searching and seeking for antibiotics, people are just seeking for healers, which does not improve the situation. And because of this, instead of the death toll diminishing, it will stay constant or it could just increase if nothing is done.
In this article, Gopnik exclaims how in 2008 and 2009, there were approximately five thousand death reports of children and teenagers caused by firearms (para 2). And tells the story of Jessie and Olivia, who were victims of this deadly plague, and where their parents had to identified their bodies. However, Gopnik believes that this can all be avoided if we can implement an effectual gun control law. For instance, like in other regions such as Canada, Scotland, and Australia, their gun control laws are highly effective that their firearm homicide rate is lower compared to the U.S firearm homicide rate. So if the U.S is able to implement a law to control firearms, the rate of homicide would gradually decrease.
In addition, Gopnik remarks social scientist David Hemenway’s statement, “more guns= more homicide”. In other words, the more guns are manufactured and sold …show more content…
Bennett believes otherwise on the aspects of gun control. The article “The Case for Gun Rights is Stronger Than You Think” states that some of the reasons why there are large massacres is because it happens in gun-free zones. Bennett states that if bearing arms was not so stern, and if people are able to carry their guns, gunmen’s could be halted. For instance when a student Luke Woodham murdered his mother and went to a highs school and unfortunately murdered two more people, if the assistant principal would had not ran to his car to obtain his gun and stop the shooter, a larger catastrophe would had