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I believe that there should be more legislation on guns. I believe this because of all the bad

things that guns have done and caused such a public uproar. I will explain my reasoning and use the

fallowing three articles to prove my point. The three articles are; “The Production of Criminal

Violence in America: Is Strict Gun Control the Solution?”,”The Colorado tragedy should spur

Americans to push for more gun control.”

I believe that the use of firearms in criminal acts are to high. I believe this is possible because

people are able to go out and purchase fire arms and not have to explain or show proof of what they are

going to use them for. In the article “The Production of Criminal Violence in America: Is Strict Gun

Control the Solution?” there is a chart showing the decline in crime rates from 1993 to 2001. This was

possible because of the advancement towards more legislation on guns but as we can see today that

was not enough.

There are innocent people that have been shot and killed more recently, and not one or two

people. A perfect example of this is explained in a news article “The Colorado tragedy should spur

Americans to push for more gun control”. This article is about how there was a mass shooting in

Colorado at a movie theater. This shooting killed twelve people and wounded 58 others. This is not

what the founding fathers would have wanted and the government needs to take action.

I also believe that guns should not be allowed in households just for protection purposes and a

perfect example was written in a article called “Guns In The Household”. This article reflects on when

two children where looking for a Halloween party and stumbled across the wrong house and rang the

doorbell, and what happened. One of the children got shot, this was because of the homeowner

thinking that they where intruders and instantly got there gun and shot the child. It is sad to see that a

child's life was lost because people think that guns are safe to have for defensive purposes. There was

even a study by Kellermann and his colleagues that proved that there was no protective benefits of

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owning a gun in your home.

These incidents can be prevented in the future if everyone agrees that there should be more

legislation on guns. There would be less crimes and deaths caused by guns. There would be less

shootings of innocent people. Also there would be less deaths in the homes caused by accidental

shooting. Ultimately People would feel safer and it would provide a safer future for our family and

kids.

Works Cited Page MLA format

Hicks, Jonathan P. "The Colorado tragedy should spur Americans to push for more gun control." New

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York Amsterdam News 26 July 2012: 14+. Academic Search Premier. Web. 11 Feb. 2014.

Kassirer, Jerome P. "Guns in the Household." New England Journal of Medicine 329.15 (1993): 1117-

119. Print.

Stell, Lance K. "The Production Of Criminal Violence In America: Is Strict Gun Control The Solution." Journal Of Law, Medicine & Ethics 32.1 (2004): 38-46.Academic Search Premier. Web. 11 Feb. 2014.