Many recent studies have shown that gun control is needed in a society like ours today and helps to curb all types of gun related fatalities not just homicides.

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GUN CONTROL ESSAY

BY: MIKE SHAKRA

        My response to this comment is that it is based on facts that have been misused and only represents one side of a story that is multifaceted. Many recent studies have shown that gun control is needed in a society like ours today and helps to curb all types of gun related fatalities not just homicides.

        In Canada, over 3000 firearms are stolen annually. Gun control is needed to be    able to trace the usage of guns and the hands they fall into. Many stolen guns are used in violent crimes and are easier to trace when they have been registered; registration has been proven to tie some criminals to their crimes. Studies in Toronto and Edmonton have also showed that a large percentage of handguns used in violent crime were once legally owned. The murder rate with gun usage in the United States is about ten times higher than it is Canada. While the non gun usage murder rate in not even double that of Canada’s. Coincidentally, Canada has stricter gun control laws than its American counterparts! The fact remains that in today’s society, when guns are made readily available by weak gun control laws they are used more often. Lax gun control laws have also been tied to higher suicide rates and impulsive crimes around the around the world.  This is because when guns are readily available impulsive acts such as suicide are easier to partake in. Escalating arguments can also turn deadly in the blink of eye when guns are readily available and at a person’s disposal.

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        Many anti-gun control advocates argue that gun control takes guns away from law abiding citizens and leaves them unprotected to heinous criminals who do not comply with the law. If this statement held value, it would allow for an all out warfare. People would end up shooting at each other in defense and create shootouts. Secondly, many guns that are kept in houses as a means of defense end up doing more harm than good. It has been shown that children who live in houses with guns have a higher chance of accidental death by gunshot than those who ...

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