Gun Control Must Be Under Control Guns are a large part of American culture. The Second Amendment says that all people have the right to bear arms. About a quarter (24%) of U.S. citizens own a gun (Clark). However, this gun culture has negative effects on America. Accidental mass shootings are a growing problem in the United States. In 2015, there were 355 mass shootings recorded in the United States (Follman). Additionally, according to the FBI, between 2000 and 2012 there were approximately 200,000 homicides, approximately two-thirds of which were committed with a firearm (Weisser). Many tragedies involving guns are due to lack of government control over guns. Gun control is a policy that has not changed over the past decade. This question is constantly overlooked due to groups such as background checks. In most states, when purchasing a rifle or shotgun, a background check is quick and easy. They are looking for past crimes or offenses. Also a simple background check for any reported drug abuse or psychiatric facility. However, this entire process is done within a few minutes of purchasing the gun. This process is done through the store, they call the FBI, who runs a background check on the person through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, also known as NICS (Smith). This system is not complex enough and is almost always approved. Many firearms are purchased without any background checks. President Barack Obama said in his speech after the mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, that "up to 40 percent of all gun purchases are made without prior records and have resulted in injury and death." death of many African-Americans and other minorities.” . For example, the shooting of African-American Michael Brown. Officer Darren Wilson's shooting of Brown by police in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked weeks of protests and became a polarizing event. Three months after the shooting, a national poll found that "Democrats were three times more likely than Republicans to say Wilson was at fault and deserved punishment (Sommers). » With many different points of view, a solution must be found to protect citizens and minorities from unfair prejudice and racism. As police shoot individuals and only this side of events is available, systems need to be put in place to collect actual evidence, such as