As of this moment, right now, millions of dollars are being spent attempting to improve our nations "gun control." Gun control in the United States is the topic of a big debate that has been going on for quite a while. Should American people be allowed to keep firearms in their houses? The ones who say "yes" point out that it is in their constitutional rights to do this. The nay sayers state that firearms are already causing a huge problem in our nation. President Bush, who is against keeping firearms, supports his argument with a strong fact: " For every fatal shooting, there are roughly three non-fatal shootings." This proves that deaths and gun wounds are both areas of concern for American people. Some predict that if citizens were not able to keep concealed guns in their house, then there would be a huge drop in the amount of crimes involving guns. Others argue that the crime rate would remain high and that guns hold a sense of protection.
             Protection is the main reason that citizens say they have a firearm in their house. They state that they should be able to protect their family at any means necessary. The guns though, don't usually protect but rather kill. Every day a child is killed by an accident at home. ( Strahinich 67) This is usually caused by a parent leaving a loaded gun in easy find or reach of a young child. The child thinks that the gun is a "toy" and begins to play with it, this is a very typical situation that happens every day in American homes. In 70 percent of all household killings, the shooter was a boy between the ages of ten and fourteen. ( Strahinich 66) This fact shows just how easy it is for young children to get their hands on a gun that is kept in their house for "protection." A gun in any house is completely unnecessary; it will not administer protection for your family, but wil
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