December 14, 2012 was a devastating day for the people of Newtown, Connecticut. You may recall that on this day a 20 year old man shot 20 students and 6 staff members from Sandy Hook Elementary School. It changed many people’s lives forever. Would stricter gun control laws have stopped this horrifying incident from occurring? Maybe so.

I believe that there should be stricter gun control laws in America. Bill Maher says “Everyday in America is a day with a shooting.” This quote helps support my side of this argument because it just shows how many shootings actually happen in America. In just the year of 2014, there was about 40 school shootings. I don’t know if it is even possible to keep track of all the shootings that happen in America. If there was stricter gun control laws would all of these shootings never of happened? I think so.

Mentally handicapped people could easily go buy a gun and do something harmful to other people or themselves. Stricter gun control laws would help prevent this issue.

I don’t want my rights taken away but I also don’t want to end up getting shot from someone who doesn’t need to be having a gun and gets a hold of one. I would advise you to go for stricter gun control laws to keep you and your family safe.