Gun Background Check 300 million. Think about that number for a second. 300 million guns are in America alone with another 6 million sold every year. Now think, with a stronger background check numbers can be reduced to the people who actually should have a gun (Rosenwald). Gun background checks were brought up during the presidential race after there were so many mass shootings from shooters who failed a background check during the past few years. Both candidates believe that there should be something done to stop so many killings. There should be a stronger background check on gun owners because there are fewer deaths in states with stricter background checks and the majority of gun owners support a universal background check.
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While this may be true, background checks can save lots of lives by preventing dangerous people from having guns and killing a mass amount of people. Officials say that even though mass shootings won’t completely stop, with better background checks there will be “tighter control” that can save “a significant number of lives” (Rosenwald). An example would be the Virgina Tech shooting in 2007 when 32 people were killed but, weeks before Seung-Hui Cho was banned from buying a firearm because a court found him to be “severely mentally ill.” Yet he still passed a background check only because his records never made it into the system (“Background Checks”). This proves that a stronger background check can save more lives and keep a better control over who has a gun.
There should be stronger background checks in the United States. With a stricter background check there will be less killings like in states with very strong background checks and most gun owners already support a better background check. With 300 million guns already sold and an additional 6 million sold each year there could be enough for every single American. Where would be a better place to live in, an America with strong control over guns and with less people getting killed every year or an America where everyday tens of people are killed because of someone who was never allowed to own a
There should …show more content…
While this may be true, background checks can save lots of lives by preventing dangerous people from having guns and killing a mass amount of people. Officials say that even though mass shootings won’t completely stop, with better background checks there will be “tighter control” that can save “a significant number of lives” (Rosenwald). An example would be the Virgina Tech shooting in 2007 when 32 people were killed but, weeks before Seung-Hui Cho was banned from buying a firearm because a court found him to be “severely mentally ill.” Yet he still passed a background check only because his records never made it into the system (“Background Checks”). This proves that a stronger background check can save more lives and keep a better control over who has a gun.
There should be stronger background checks in the United States. With a stricter background check there will be less killings like in states with very strong background checks and most gun owners already support a better background check. With 300 million guns already sold and an additional 6 million sold each year there could be enough for every single American. Where would be a better place to live in, an America with strong control over guns and with less people getting killed every year or an America where everyday tens of people are killed because of someone who was never allowed to own a