Help us Make America Safe again

Gun violence cannot be eliminated instantly however if every person works towards the goal little by little we can change the world in a positive manner. From reading our blog you can see that gun violence is more than mass -shooting, and homicides and every day innocent lives are taken by guns. We are the voice for the people who believe in saving lives, we represent those families and friends who lost their loved ones through gun violence and those who strive to make our country safe. Please spread our message to encourage every to take action and help make our country safe and happy. Please help us support those who have lost their loved ones.  We really enjoyed sharing our beliefs with you guys, and we will continue to fight for the cause. Remember every person’s support counts, by working together we will make a positive difference for our future.

Affirmative Argument

According to the FBI, in 2012, 64% of all gun-related deaths in the U.S. were suicides. In 2010, there were 19,392 firearm-related suicides, and 11,078 firearm-related homicides in the U.S. When people hear the words gun violence they most likely think mass shootings and terrorism and it’s not their fault when they think that way. A big portion of the blame goes to the American media. The media includes the cable news channels, social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook etc. and also the print media. They all focus on the sensationalism of the news to satisfy the audience’s interests and it does not matter if the news is about a humans being slaughtered by a mentally ill individual or a hate group initiated killing. What is more shocking is that with the increase in gun ownership another cause of gun violence has risen namely suicide. In fact suicide by firearms has been around longer than you think but again when you can talk about mass shootings and terrorism who would be interested in a suicide related death? Unless a major celebrity is involved and then there is the opportunity to sensationalize that news.

The Trace, an independent and nonprofit news organization, is also a platform that is dedicated to informing people about the drastic increase in the firearm-related violence in the United States. They believe there is a shortage of information on the issues violence caused by firearms. The article New CDC Report Shows America’s Gun Suicide Problem Getting Worse, published by Katie Masters on www.thetrace.org reports the issue of gun suicide increasing tremendously and thus becoming a huge problem in the U.S. According to Morris M. in 10 Arguments for Gun Control, study after study indicates that suicide is not so much a rational decision, but something people do on the spur of the moment—meaning that a lack of access to a death-shooting murder-stick at that critical moment could be the difference between life and death. Even more worrying, people who committed suicide were found to be seventeen times more likely to live with guns at home than not.

The CDC raised a concern of the negative role guns play in deaths. According to them, More Americans are killing themselves with guns, with the number of gun suicides rising by 4,735 from 1999 to 2014. The opposition may argue that the studies show a decrease in suicides by death, however they are not looking at the bigger picture. Cathy Barber, a researcher at the Harvard Injury Prevention Training claims that, “In 1999, there were 16,599 suicides committed with a firearm. In 2014, gun suicides totaled 21,334.”

The opposition to gun control states that we should focus on the mentally ill when implementing gun control laws. But my question is, how can law enforcement agencies get access to such a database without violating the individual’s privacy thus making it impossible to have access such data and implement laws to prevent possible gun violence? With the issue of violating privacy, getting access to such data would be considered worse than tracing phones, emails and other personal online activities. The fact is that committing suicide using a gun with easy access is more likely to happen than suicide by swallowing poison or slitting a wrist as it is less painful and quicker way to die.

A Refutation to: A Criminologist’s Case against Gun Control

Every day gun violence has become part of every news channels headlines, yet there are people who are against gun control who believe laws wouldn’t make a difference to the increasing number of deaths caused by gun violence. An article written in the Times called, A Criminologist’s Case against Gun Control, published by Jacob Davidson: interviews James Jacobs, a law professor who talks about his concerns regarding the new approach to gun violence in America where he opposes gun control.

According to Jacobs, the number of firearms has increased by 10 million per year but there is no correlation between the amounts of firearms people own compared to the amount of gun violence. He believes that people always assume that gun violence is getting worse when in reality the fatality caused by gun violence has decreased. Jacobs states, “That most gun-related deaths are suicides, not murders. There are twice as many suicides in the U.S. by guns as there are homicides.” And “30,000 people have been killed with guns, but what’s not said is that 20,000 of them took their own lives.” Jacobs justifies his argument of being against gun control by stating that suicidal gun violence isn’t equally important compared to killing others with guns.  Whether a life was taken by others or themselves we need to remember that every life matters because that means someone lost a loved one, a friend, a colleague to gun violence. The main point is that a precious life was lost by gun violence and that needs to stop! According to Jacobs, politicians on both sides of the gun control debate, support the idea of focusing more to keep firearms away from the mentally ill. The problem with only focusing on the issue of the mentally ill would require us to clearly and comprehensively define as to who would be considered mentally ill. And the fact is that defining who is mentally ill is almost an impossible task. If the government did indeed get as far as defining who the mentally ill is, the government would have a difficult time making their database public because of people’s privacy issues. Another question is how does a person get officially designated as mentally ill and be identified before he or she tries to buy a gun. “Jacobs also believes the law enforcement should aim at the people who are more likely to commit crimes with firearms such as: drug dealers, gang members, people who have engaged in violent crimes in the past, and the areas in which they operate. Again only focusing on people who are most likely to commit a gun crime isn’t a good idea because gun violence in the past has proved that the people who have committed crimes with firearms don’t have obvious records unless you dig deep. Therefore creating laws which apply to everyone will gradually keep people safe.

Former Illinois congressman and conservative radio host Joe Walsh promoting gun violence.

See the article here: gun-control measures on Election Day ballot in four states