Information on gun control blog #2

Jordon Ma

Mrs. Grissom

English 10 H

22 April 2016

     In relation to my topic of gun control I  found an interesting fact. According to time magazine " Most gun related deaths are suicides not homicides"(Time, Davidson). I found this interesting because the common belief is that guns are used more often for homicides. I was surprised to learn this also because I was unaware that most people use guns to kill themselves instead of others. This source is reliable because it passes the CRRAPP test. I choose this topic quote because it shows that most guns violence is from mentally ill people. I chose this because it shows that background checks do not necessarily reflect mental health issues and completely removing guns will not make me or other students any safer from mentally ill people who can illegal purchase firearms.


 
  I hope to learn why there is not more tax money spent on mental health checks than gun control. I believe that removing guns will not solve the problem of suicide or homicide on its own. I believe that we should focus on helping the individual to instead of removing guns. I believe that by removing guns people will still commit suicide and homicide using different means. Lastly I chose this quote because it shows that there should be more focus on helping the mentally ill instead of trying to remove guns which will not stop illegal purchases.

Link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/12/02/san-bernadino-shooting-11-essential-facts-about-guns-and-mass-shootings-in-america/

Sources:
Davidson, Jacob. "A Criminologist's Case Against Gun Control." Time. Time, 1 Dec. 2015. Web. 22 Apr.               2016.