There is a gun epidemic in the United States which cannot be resolved by making guns illegal, but by making the regulations and the accessibility much more complex. In 2016, 2,538,397 firearms were processed by Fiscal, 33,594 injury by firearms in 2016, 21,386 intentional self-harm (suicide) by the discharge of firearms, and around 11,000 murders with firearms. According to the National Vital Statistics Reports Vol.65 No.4, June 30, 2016, “It seems clear that the problem is not the legality of a gun, but the accessibility that one has to it, everybody should have the right to own a gun and to protect themselves against whatever evil is out there with a just and righteous motivation.

Now, I would propose that making the background check-a test to determine whether or not you are a viable candidate for gun ownership-be much more deep and complex as mentioned; people with past health issues should go through a long process or just be completely denied the availability to a gun. Suicide is done at a disproportionate rate with guns, people who commit suicide are not mentally stable, so why should guns be allowed to those who only seek to cause malice with it, whether it be self-harm or violence against others.

The regulations that I believe would aid in controlling malevolent intent with a gun are as follows: first, deny access to all those that fail the thorough investigation on their background, past violent history will result in a test that will last several weeks in order to identify their mental state, and if failed then the gun permit should not be given to that individual.

Second, have a strict identity which basically means, in order to use a gun legally you must be the current owner of whose name the gun is registered with, so if you sell the gun (privately) registered under your name to someone else then it be deemed illegal for that person to own the gun unless they put the gun ownership under their name.

Finally, make any type of rifles (semi-automatic or automatic) illegal to those that do not have a special license given to them by an official of a high status, it would limit any normal person from getting one, but of course, it would not stop people from getting it illegally.

You cannot compare America’s system to any other country, it is simply too diverse from any other system to be compared to it. Making guns illegal would not resolve anything, for humans who want to commit murder will either find another way of doing it or use a gun regardless.”To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms…” – Richard Henry Lee, 1788, Member of the First U.S. Senate. Americans would never give up their right to bear arms. It would be helluva of a fight before they did and a helluva of a mistake.