Gun Control

Over half of America’s households own a firearm, which does not include,

the number of Americans that own firearms illegally. Although new technology for weaponry

has advanced over the years such as, fingerprint recognition, and computerized sensors on the

grip of the firearm also prevent anyone but the owner of the weapon to fire it. The

critics of this new technology say “Some might believe that their weapon is now childproof and

could leave their guns loaded and accessible to children, trusting the "smart gun" feature to

prevent an accident.” I believe its common sense to not leave a loaded or unloaded weapon lying

around. Gun control is another big issue in America; there are pros and cons of this, both sides

have very strong points, so the big question is does gun technology actually help with the control

issue.

New technology in firearms has advanced a lot since the firearm was invented. From

internal chambers, spiral barrels, to the advances that have happened in the past few years such

as fingerprint identification, and computerized memorization grip. Statistics show that the new

technology helps prevent injury, or even death when using weaponry. The technology