Other Countries May Have The Answers

Mass shootings, an incident involving multiple victims of gun violence, occur more often than most might want to believe. In 2019 alone, there were 417 mass shootings; by looking at this number, it can be assumed that multiple most likely happened in the same day. This terrifying number is just in the United States alone. Due to mass shootings, other countries have decided to implement gun control; and here a few examples that I believe the United States could build off of in order to establish a safer nation. Australia paid citizens to sell their guns to the government. By doing this, Australia cut their gun-deaths in half! If the United States were to implement this tactic, the government would be destroying over 40 million firearms across the country. Citizens in Japan must attend an all day class, pass a test, get 95% accuracy during a shooting range test, get medically evaluated by a hospital for mental illness, and go through a deep background check by the government. While that all may seem a litte overboard, Japan rarely sees more than 10 gun deaths per year with a population of 127 million! The flags up above are just a few more examples of countries that have tried and succeeded with stricter gun laws. Below I have attached a link to more information about these countries in references to the way they handle guns.

https://www.businessinsider.com/gun-deaths-nearly-eliminated-in-countries-what-us-can-learn-2017-11#norway-exemplifies-the-power-of-social-cohesion-and-trust-3