Gun control is always a big topic over the world, guns are illegal in some of the countries, and some of countries guarantees their people have the right to possess guns. However, which one of the two would bring a safer environment to their people. From my perspective, I feel safer in a country where people do not have guns. To begin with, people would not bring guns when they goes to a party or just have a walk in the park, they do not bring guns with them every seconds which makes the gun meaningless. In the other hand, if people walking around with guns, it creates a tensive neighborhood, which for me seems nobody is trustworthy.
Moreover, a person with gun could do much more damage than a strong men without weapons. If a violent gunman starts to shooting at others, people would not able to stop him if they do not have gun with them, even after police arrives, it would be a concern that suppressing the gunman would cause more damage. While it is easier to stop an unarmed person with people around working together. From my own experience, safety of a university becomes a very important factor while choosing college since so many shooting cases happened in campus, such as the case happened in Georgia Tech. Even during traveling, friend would tell me not to go outside alone in the night in some of the blocks. An article written by Jonathan Masters in The Atlantic, Gun Control Around the World: A Primer, “The United States also has the highest homicide-by-firearm rate among the world’s most developed nations”. The Data in the article are shown below.
On October 1st, the biggest mass shooting in the United States’ history takes place in Las Vegas which causes at least 59 people dead, and 527 injured. According to The New York Times, multiple weapons were found in gunman’s hotel room. Gun control has been a controversial topic, since it was written in the constitution that citizens have the right to bear arms, to ensure the government do not have to much power over people. However, by Los Angeles Times, it collects deadliest U.S mass shootings from 1984 to 2017. The data shown that mass shooting happens every year since 1984, and 6 cases happened in the year of 2012 causes over fifty deaths. Furthermore, according to “There have been more than 1,500 mass shootings since Sandy Hook”, and “On average, there is more than one mass shooting for each day in America”. Some would argue that car accidents happens everyday, more frequently than mass shooting. However, I believe that car accident should be avoid by government leading people, while people should be protect from mass shooting. They weigh differently. If the gunman comes from another country or belongs to some organization, it becomes a signal of war, the consequence from shooting would be much terrible, and it brings fear and unsafe atmosphere to people in the states.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/01/worldwide-gun-control-policy/423711/
21st Century Citizenship 