We need more gun control laws to protect people. The second amendment isn’t an unlimited right to own guns. The amendment is saying you can own a gun but you have to do it legally and get a permit with it. We need more gun control laws, because people need to know how to use them in order to have them, because you can’t just go waving them around in public (Slate Magazine). More gun control laws would reduce the amount of gun deaths. There was 464,033 gun deaths between 1999 and 2013, 270,237 were suicides 174,773 were caused by homicide. Guns were the 12th leading cause of death in the U.S. Those are only a few reasons why we need more gun control in the U.S (carroll Lauren). High capacity magazines should be ban from gun …show more content…
Women have a 500% chance of being murdered. More women were killed in 2001 to 2012 then U.S soldiers in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2015. 86% of women are killed by firearms in the U.S. Next you will hear about what the opposite side has to say (American progress). Guns are rarely used in self defense only about .79% of gun cases were used in self defense. My opponent might say what about when a cop has to use his gun on a person who is committing a crime. Cops might use their gun in self defense but how often they really need to say someone was running away from them and they're trying to stop him so they shoot him but if they miss. Let's say they shot him in the spine and he lived but was paralyzed then that's a pretty big price to pay (The Huffington Post). The U.S needs more gun control 50% of mass shooting had high capacity magazines and 86% of women in the U.S died from firearms. Gun are rarely used in self defense only .79% of gun cases were used in self defense in the U.S. Something you can do to support the cause is to protest to the government peacefully or go to the government and state your opinion and back the problem up with facts (The Seattle