Banning guns does not decrease gun violence #9

Jordon Ma

Mrs. Grissom

English 10 H

13 May 2016

         I believe that banning guns will not reduce gun violence significantly. I believe that it is the right of Americans own guns as stated in the constitution. I believe an increase of guns does not necessarily signify an increase in gun crime. Most of the guns in the united states are already registered by the government and are owned by law abiding citizens. The unregistered guns for which the majority of gun crimes involve are not controlled by the government. Criminals will not turn in their guns and removing guns will make people more vulnerable. As a supporter of gun rights I believe that they should not all be removed by the government. 

   
      In increase in guns does not mean an increase in criminal activity. According to the New York Times "  The number of guns in America has increased by more than 50 percent since 1993, and in that same period the gun homicide rate in the United States has dropped by half " (Kristof, New York Times). As this shows while the number of guns has increased the number of gun homicides has decreased. I believe that owning a gun does not make you a bad person and owning one makes you safer from criminals and can be used for hunting. I believe that having guns makes the population safer and discourages criminals. Lastly in my opinion having a larger number of guns among citizens will make them safer and will discourage most criminals if they know there is danger. 

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/opinion/sunday/some-inconvenient-gun-facts-for-liberals.html?_r=0
Sources:

       Kristof, Nicholas. "Some Inconvenient Gun Facts for Liberals." The New York Times. 

                   The New York Times, 16 Jan. 2016. Web. 17 May 2016.