Speaking of gun violence, Sandy
Hook Elementary school shooting on December 14, 2012 immediately popped in my
mind. Twenty innocent children and six adult staffs lost their lives. This
tragedy shocked and heart broke everyone. Assault weapons have threatened our
safety and future. It had done enough harm to our family, friends, and society.
We cannot let catastrophe like this happen it again. It needed to STOP NOW!!!
Gun laws have to change and we need a safety environment to live.
Assault
weapons are dangerous to our society; and we are not the only one that realized
this problem. You might have heard of the Public Safety and Recreational
Firearms Use Protection Act also known as Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) or
the Semi-automatic Firearms Ban. This act is Congress dealing with crime and
law enforcement. It was passed by Congress and signed into law by President
Bill Clinton in 1994. The reason President Clinton and Congress passed the law
its because they were conscious of peoples’ voice and knew it is important
citizens need a safer environment to live. For example, in July 1, 1993, in San
Francisco 101 California Shooting was a mass shooting that nine people lost
their lives, include the shooter. When affliction incident happened like this
it will make us feel sorrowful and think about what we can do to make
our life better than it is. Fortunately, they found their answer to restrict
assault weapons. However, in the consideration to the Second Amendment of the
United States Constitution protects the right of people to keep and bear arms
from infringement. This Act due to a sunset provision that is took effect
September 13, 1994, and expired on September 13, 2004.
Today,
gun violence keep threaten our society and safety. It is unfair for citizen to
live their life insecure. More and more people brought up their voice and
eagerly hope to change for better. The United States Senator for California
Dianne Feinstein speak out our voice, “Mass Shooting in Newtown, Aurora, and
Tucson have demonstrated all too clearly the need to regulate military- style
assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines. These weapons allow a
gunman to fire a large number of rounds quickly and without having to reload”. This
quote shows how vulnerable human body is in front of assault weapons.
Other than that assault weapon
bans have been proven to be effective. Justice Department study of the assault
weapons ban found that it was responsible for a 6.7% decrease in total gun
murders, holding all other factor equal. As all it said ban assault weapons
have so much benefit to our society why shouldn’t we do it?
