On Friday, February 22, 2013 CNN ,
published an opinion article called "Mark Kelly: Gun loophole makes nosense" that was written by Mark Kelly. Mark Kelly is the last commander of
the space shuttle endeavor and a former naval aviator. He is also the husband
of former U.S Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. He talks about how he really wasn’t
concerned about the gun control until his wife was shot and six of her
constituents were murdered during a "Congress on Your Corner" event
in Tucson, Arizona. When she was recovering, Mark began to pay more attention
about gun control. Mr.Kelly uses statistics in order to make the reader
understand and lure them in into the topic. Kelly said “I'm a numbers guy, a
statistics guy -- and what I've learned has shocked me. Almost 100 people a day
die from a gun, 33 are murdered. We've got 20 times the murder rate of similar
countries.” This is a good way for readers to know about how many people die from
guns. His intended audience is anyone who agrees that congress should do
something about gun control and even people that opinion has not changed about
having guns. Kelly states that “82% of U.S. gun owners -- including more than
70% of NRA members -- support criminal background checks for all gun sales.
Ninety-two percent of all households in the country support universal
background checks. That tells me that citizens across the country want Congress
to get this done, because they know it will keep us safer.” By reading statistics it can make a person realize
how dangerous weapons are and can cause many deaths. Kelly’s claim is quite
simple, he states that “Tell them you want one system, a universal background
check that will keep all of us safer and respects our Second Amendment rights.”
When
I read this article I thought to myself that I absolutely agree with him.
Everyone knows about the horrific gun shootings that have been happening for
example, the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting that happened in Newtown, Connecticut,
on December 14, made an impact on me as well as a million people in America. It
made me sad and mad how innocent children and adults lost their lives to a
person who had a disorder and nobody knew about it. And how could we forget the
shooting that happened at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.12 people lost their
lives, parents lost their children and many family members lost a loved one. It
also brings another attention across that the person who was responsible for
the shooting was mentally ill.
Like
most people, I also want a background check on who are buying guns. I am not
against the second amendment. I believe people should have the right to defend
and protect themselves, but I don’t think that we should be giving deadly
weapons to people who might be criminals and mentally ill people. I think to
myself , how much more shooting and deaths is it going to take in order to finally
have a background check all across the united states. I hope that we soon have a
powerful and strict rule about gun control.
