This obsession of the American people with firearms is beyond ridiculous. In the United States, there are approximately 270 million firearms owned by civilians and only about 897,000 are carried by police. Just by looking at this we can see how much the American people need guns. It's been 15 years since the horrific, tragic shooting at Columbine High School, where a group of 12 students and a teacher were murdered, while they injured 24 others with assault weapons. Since this massacre, the debate over gun control in the United States has taken center stage. A country like the United States, which prides itself on being the greatest nation in the world, should come up with stricter laws in order to prevent another tragic shooting and the only way to do that is to ban firearms. assault on civilians. In this way we can be able to form a much safer society. Over the past year, we have seen this rampage of gun violence in schools, movie theaters, shopping malls and even the Navy Yard. But what we don't see is that any change can take place. What can we do as a country to come together and make a decision that will help our people? The United States is such a dangerous country to live in, even more so now, with the mass shootings happening now and all of them involving an assault weapon. It seems to be “common sense” these days that anyone can start mass shootings. Banning assault weapons is one of the most widespread new methods of gun control and widely adopted by politicians. In fact, this isn't the first time this whole debate has started with banning assault weapons for civilians. In 1994, assault weapons were confiscated from civilians, but this was... middle of document...... opinion 95.4 (2013): 607. MastercheFILE Premier. Internet. April 22, 2014. Farely, Robert. "Did the 1994 Assulat Gun Ban Work?". “Factcheckorg. NP, February 1, 201`3.Web.April 21, 2014. Rapoport, Abby. “Guns, not the mentally ill – people. “The American Porspect.NP, February 7, 2014 Web. April 22, 2014. “Should United States Citizens Be Banned from Possessing Guns?” » The first online debate website. Np, nd Web. April 21, 2014. Waldman, Paul. “10 Arguments Gun Advocates Make and Why They're Wrong. “The American perspective. Paul Waldman, December 15, 2012. Web. April 21, 2014. Goodwin, Garth. “Place of safety”. Actual Child and Youth Care Practice 26.1 (2013): 59-61. Academic research. Web.April 22, 2014. “Second Amendment. » LII / Legal Information Institute. Np, and Web. May 7, 2014. “Another ban on high-capacity magazines?.” » Another ban on high-capacity magazines? Np, October 3. 2000.