In the last ten years, the people
of the United States have had to endure the loss of family and friends due to
the senseless killings at state senate buildings and public schools and
universities. This country has left speechless after teenagers and adults were
killed in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado and in Tucson, Arizona. However,
after the killing in Newtown, Connecticut in which 20 elementary school aged
children were killed, the people of the United States have realized the need
for more strict regulation on gun control to prevent more mass shootings. More
extensive gun control legislation such as a ban on assault rifles, a ban on
high-capacity magazines, and more strict regulation on background checks will
not only help reduce the frequency of this mass shootings but could eliminate
them entirely.
Several
states have already taken the lead in the fight against gun violence and have
passed legislation for stricter gun control. Connecticut, Colorado, New York,
and Maryland have all passed legislation in the wake of the Newtown mass
shooting. Connecticut passed legislation banning the sale of rifle magazines
with a capacity of more than 10 rounds of ammunition. Maryland also passed legislation
requiring fingerprints of new gun buyers, a ban on the sale of assault rifles
and high capacity ammunition clips. Since the legislation passed a couple
months ago, there have no mass shootings. While it may still be too early to
tell, these states and the new legislation is a significant step in the fight
against gun violence in the United States.
As
more states continue to follow in Connecticut’s and Maryland’s footsteps, it
will become harder and harder to obtain assault rifles and other weapons that are
used to take life in mass shootings. As more states ban these weapons designed
to take life, the people of the United States will see a decrease in mass
shootings or them eliminated totally and will not have to console and cope with
the loss of family and friends.
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