What's the Problem?
There are roughly 32,000 gun deaths per year in the United States.
Of those, around 60% are suicides. About 3% are accidental deaths (between 700-800 deaths). About 34% of deaths (just over 11,000 in both 2010 and 2011) make up the remainder of gun deaths and are classified as homicides. Sometimes the 32,000 and 11,000 figures are used interchangeably by gun control advocates. Clearly, the 32,000 figure is a far more dramatic number and it is often used for impact by anti-gun activists.
Hawkins, Dustin. "Putting Gun Death Statistics in Perspective." About News. George Frey, 2015. Web. 08 June 2015
Of those, around 60% are suicides. About 3% are accidental deaths (between 700-800 deaths). About 34% of deaths (just over 11,000 in both 2010 and 2011) make up the remainder of gun deaths and are classified as homicides. Sometimes the 32,000 and 11,000 figures are used interchangeably by gun control advocates. Clearly, the 32,000 figure is a far more dramatic number and it is often used for impact by anti-gun activists.
Hawkins, Dustin. "Putting Gun Death Statistics in Perspective." About News. George Frey, 2015. Web. 08 June 2015
Gun violence continues to be a major problem impacting community's around the world, I am focusing on the gun violence in the country (U.S.). The largest problem in gun safety are guns landing in the wrong hands, no knowledge of guns/ gun safety, and state/ federal regulations. The best way we can keep guns out of the wrong hands is to make the background checks of gun buyers stricter and more in depth. By making the background checks more in depth we will have a better chance of keeping guns out of the wrong hands. By improving gun knowledge we will have more people who know how to properly and safely handle guns. It can be improved by having a standard class that every one is required to take to teach them safe and proper ways to handle firearms. The federal regulation would allow people to only have a certain amount of rounds of ammunition capacity in guns and make the laws more strict around mental state. This will help keep guns away form those who do not know how to properly handle and treat firearms.