Possible Ideas to Reduce Gun Violence in the United States
Objectives		S.M.A.R.T.
· Bring down gun sales by 1-2 million a year so there are less guns on the street which hopefully decreases deaths by 10% by the end of 2022. · Start manufacturing “smart” guns. The price of making these will increase, which will lead to the sale price to increase to. Because of the high cost, it will bring down sales overall which will benefit to society to having less gun violence all around. · Implementing gun safety education programs to the youth and to the public all around the United States.		· Gun manufacturers can make less guns as well as raising the prices on guns and ammo which decreases sales. · Since there still hasn’t been any smart guns made. The first step to make them is to complete the research and development for these types of guns. To do so with the technology, we have in today’s world, we can set this objective to be completed by mid 2022 to the end of 2022. · To start off this objective, is to have gun safety and knowledge programs in the top 50 high ranking cities of gun violence by the end of 2021. After we reach that goal then it can expand to almost every county in the United States so the future of the US can have lower gun violence
Innovative Ideas 1. Stricter gun laws. Making gun laws stricter can help bring overall safety to people with and without guns. Stricter gun laws may be not allowing people to openly carry their guns such as they do in Arizona or Texas. 2. Make less guns. Making less guns can be a great idea on bringing down gun violence. This is because there will be a shorter supply of guns all around the world which leads to less gun violence and overall violence. 3. Use less and less guns overall. The idea to use less and less guns is part of the second idea. This can help bring down gun violence since overall, not as many guns are being used. This can also be caused by having a short supply of guns being made. 4. Make more shooting ranges so people can get the urge of shooting, out safely. I think making more shooting ranges can help get people to shoot their guns as much as they want safely. This can help get that “urge” to shoot their guns out of their system in a safe way and help people get target practice as well. Doing this can lead to less people shooting guns illegally and in unsafe places. 5. Test the mental state of gun owners. Testing the mental state of gun owners before and after the purchase of a gun can be significant in how they plan to use it. If they are unstable then this can lead to dangerous use of the gun which causes gun violence even if it was considered an accident. 6. Make gun owners lock up their guns when not in use. Locking up guns when not in use can prevent accidents or misuse of guns. When you lock a gun up in a gun safe this prevents kids or unwanted users to handle the firearm. 7. Raise the prices on guns. Raising the prices on guns can limit the people buying them. It can also make people think twice on buying the gun because of the high price. With this in play, it will mean less guns in the public hands and less gun violence overall. 8. Create “smart” guns. A smart gun in my opinion can be considered a gun which only lets the proper owner fire the weapon. This can be managed with a fingerprint scan or eye scan to unlock the gun and shoot it. With the smart gun it will also be able to track which bullets are yours before and after shooting. 9. Put up gunshot sound trackers in populated areas. Putting up gunshot sound trackers in cities can help benefit areas to bring down gun violence since it will alert police when shots are being fired in real time. This will help police get to the scene of the crime quicker and will also make people not want to fire guns in populated areas. 10. Gun education. Teaching students at a young age during middle school or high school can teach them the pros and cons about guns. They can also gain a positive influence about guns so they can use them safely in the future.
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