My thoughts on Gun control

After a lot of consideration, I have decided to talk about gun control in America and what needs to happen. In the U.S. gun control is a very difficult subject to talk about. I personally do not see a need for guns in America, because guns on average kill 33,636 people per year. They seem to start more problems than they end. People always say that they need guns to protect themselves from the bad guys, but I feel this is untrue. People in the U.S. are put in fear by horror stories of murders and robbers killing them. This is somewhat true, but it is unlikely it will happen to you. Guns have gotten out of control with new technology. The creators of the bill of rights did not understand how incredibly powerful guns have become. This is because on the U.S. Market today, it is to easy to buy a gun without  a background check. This is called a private sale, this most commonly occurs at gun shows or even on Facebook, no background checks needed, just cash. This causes the wrong people to get a legal firearm without any sort of background check. If I was to come up with a plan to save America from the gun, I would: ban handguns from civilian use, I would also ban the use of assault rifles from civilian use, and I would implement strict background check policy that would prohibit private gun sales in the U.S.. This could help to save lives around the county. Thanks for listening to my long rant about this country, but things really need to change and if we don't talk about these difficult subjects nothing ever will truly change.
                                                                                         Jeremy Cleghorn
Here is a short documentary about guns in America done by the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2016/sep/16/gun-nation-a-journey-to-the-heart-of-americas-gun-culture-video?INTCMP=inart_docs_gunnation2