With the problems that arise due to modern day gun laws, it is only certain that the government should change them to benefit the country’s citizens. Through different suggestions, the people still have not decided on what is better to protect the most vulnerable of the United States of America, children. Debating the best choice is difficult, although making gun laws more strict would be beneficial to decrease the rate of mass killings.
Firstly, laws can become stricter to possibly provide a safer environment.“‘A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” (Smith, 16). As stated by Patricia Smith in …show more content…
governments should limit the amount of firearms accessible to the public. Due to the effortless way of acquiring firearms in the U.S. a stricter law could help prevent guns being sold to those who have evil intentions and to also have more in depth examinations of those purchasing a gun and a look into their background. From the Rachel Maddow Show, a woman goes into a detailed explanation of the shooter’s use of weaponry: “He’s said to have used 30-round magazine, which means he may have had to reload four times to shoot those 152 bullets in less than five minutes. And then he is done with the rifle and then it is one more bullet from the pistol, which he fires into himself and then it is done, 152 bullets. Four magazine charges. Had he only had access to 10-round magazines instead of 30-round magazines he would’ve had to reload 14 times. He would’ve needed 14 spare magazines beyond the one in the gun with the extra round in the chamber, reloading 14 times. You think he would’ve pulled off the whole thing in less than five minutes?”. The killer’s access, to such deadly machinery, led to deaths of those of who are beloved. With such a loose law, more lives could be taken as the restrictions of the law are not as secure as one may