Gun Control

Persuasive Essay
Due to extensive media coverage and mass public attention to the recent high school threats and shootings, there is now a huge public awareness to the growing number of fatalities by and effects of handguns. I believe that many tragic accidents and violent crimes can be prevented if handguns are outlawed.
Nan Desuka, author of Why Handguns Must Be Outlawed wrote, "Guns don't kill people-criminals kill people."
Many people blame criminals for all the deaths caused by handguns. Clearly, this is not true. …