Many people own weapons for many reasons. Some people collect guns for fun and others own multiple types of guns for hunting. But more and more people are owning guns as a form of protection. However, there are people in society that believe that the removal of weapons in certain areas will improve our quality of life.
In a decade when violence is becoming more and more prominent, people believe owning weapons provides them with safety, security, and ultimately the freedom to live their lives without fear. Legally, guns are privately sanctioned in someone’s home as long as they have the right paperwork for them. But after the recent shooting in Las Vegas, it has been questioned whether or not we should morally sanction guns.
Someone abuses their access to guns, decides to begin shooting in public, and then results in a mass casualty. On October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock opened fire on Route 91 Concert goers from inside his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel. This event led to 59 deaths and injured more than 527 people, labeling this as the deadliest shooting in modern US history. This issue isn’t localized to one person or group of people. This has been a reoccurring tragedy that can be traced back to loose gun regulations. The 2012 incident in Newton, Connecticut where a man killed 27 people, 20 of the children, is yet another example of a preventable massacre.
Those opposed of more gun control laws fear a loss of individuality and happiness because this encroaches on their Second Amendment right. Although it can be argued that social virtue of the freedom and wellbeing of others is a more pertinent concern regarding this social issue. Democrats have entertained the opinion of those who are against tighter gun restrictions because they want to make sure they are truly enacting laws that are best for the entirety of the United States population and not just a select few. But with the surge of mass murders on the rise, it’s time that we do something to solve this problem. How many others need to be killed before people are willing to set aside their personal desires?
Though Congress is not the only one at fault. The NRA’s inability to effectively enact gun policy changes have led us to where we are today. Democrats believe controlling the types of guns, the amount of access to modifiable equipment, requiring psychological testing, universal background checks, bans on high-capacity magazines, and repealing an NRA backed bill that makes it easier to purchase gun silencers, will decrease mass casualties.
Our duty as citizens is to maximize enjoyment. Therefore, people shouldn’t be denied pleasures, such as guns for hunting, as long as they aren’t harmful to others. Though it’s imperative that we don’t continue to partake in foolishness by supplying people with too much weaponry. A tool designed to keep someone safe has been doing the exact opposite and further putting off the regulation of deadly weapons will merely continue to cause injury to one another. We should be using our experiences to making a change and improve society, not allow it to become even more dysfunctional and harmful by not updating our laws to reflect the changes in modern society.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/02/democrats-urge-gun-law-changes-after-las-vegas-shooting-massacre.html