Gun+Control+Editorial

Most people consider firearms to be the major means of unnecessary deaths around the world. But what most do not know is that gun related deaths are amongst the lowest percentages of deaths caused in the Unite States. Automotive accidents are the greatest cause of death at a rate of 43,947, not to be followed by firearms but rather… To put it into perspective, their are more accidental poisonings causing 19,250 deaths a year than firearms. Also there are more deaths caused each year by falling multiple stories from buildings at 18,536 deaths a year. What most do not know deaths by pollution are starting to rise and become a contender for the lead of most deaths caused a year.

People who dislike guns are largely influenced by politicians, and their plans to clean up gun violence. Most politicians do not want to be accused of racism so they leave this point out, but only 18% of gun related deaths each year are caused by Caucasians. The other 82% are due to minorities and inter-racial violence. Well it has been a long time now that people are saying that they are going to put an end to the firearm control, but people are going into and out of office with not much accomplished about gun control.

In recent years their has been more action taken to promote gun safety such as, a mandatory trigger lock on each firearm sold, a minimum age of eighteen to buy ammunition for any rifle when accompanied by a licensed adult, and the ability to be granted a pistol permit was made more difficult. What most people don’t understand is the amount of gun violence amongst adolescents. But what most do not know 1.69 million kids under the age of 18 have a loaded accessible firearm with in their household, and that most child gun incidents happen in their own house in the same room that the firearms are stored.

Although many dislike gun control, a recent telephone poll organized by The National Rifle Association of 1,002 American adults concluded that 65% feel strongly about gun control and that the constitution guarantees the rights to firearms, of this 65%, 72% were males and 28% of women. On December 13-17, a Zogby International poll for Associated Television News conducted a survey of 6,072 Americans. And 27% of voters would be more likely to support a candidate endorsed by NRA than most any other influential company. That could translate into 40 million registered voters. The survey showed tat the NRA ranks above Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and the AFL-CIO as influencing voters.

The Right to bear arms has been in the second amendment to the United States Constitution for as long as the Constitution has been around. Some people are trying to twist the words of our forefathers and make the amendment as if it were talking about actual arms, as an extension of the body. Personally I think that if you are trying to prove this theory correct, you should have no say in the matter. No matter what the case The Right to bear arms might be modified over the years but it will never be banished, because there is an old saying that, “You can take my guns, when you pry them from my cold dead hands.” And I think that as enforcement officers are sent out to retrieve as many firearms they can, their will be many more gun related deaths. And in order for politicians to banish the sale of guns they would have to find someone to endorse them who was bigger than the NRA, and not even Oprah Winfrey or Barbara Streisand is that big.