VIDEO: Funny Gun Fail Accidents

This video presents the funniest gun fail accidents recorded on camera!

Even though these are undeniably hilarious, gun violence is a real issue.

The fact that a lot of people who shouldn’t have guns manage to get one is a problem.

According to Wikipedia, 75 percent of the world’s 875 million guns are civilian controlled. Globally, millions are wounded through the use of guns. Assault by firearm resulted in 180,000 deaths in 2013 up from 128,000 deaths in 1990. There were additionally 47,000 unintentional firearm related deaths in 2013.

Levels of gun related violence vary greatly among geographical regions, countries, and even subnationally.

The United States has the highest rate of gun related deaths per capita among developed countries, though it also has the highest rate of gun ownership and the highest rate of officers. Many studies have found a positive association between gun ownership and gun-related homicide and suicide rates.

Gun control is a very controversial topic in the United States of America today. Gun control is defined as “Laws or policies that regulate within a jurisdiction the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians”. (The Simple Truth About Gun Control).

Often, the Second Amendment is referenced by those both in favor and against gun control because while guns have played an integral role in America’s history, they have also caused much destruction. Due to recent mass shootings in the United States in schools, movie theaters, night clubs, etc. this issue has come to the forefront of many political and everyday debates.

According to the United Nations, Deaths from small firearms exceed that of all other weapons combined, and more die each year from gun related violence than did in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. The global death toll from use of guns may number as high as 1,000 dead each day.

Some propose keeping a gun at home to keep one safer. Mother Jones has reported that “wning a gun has been linked to higher risks of homicide, suicide, and accidental death by gun.” According to the FBI, gun related violence is linked to gun ownership and is not a function or byproduct of crime.

Their study indicates that more than 90% of gun related deaths were not part of a commission of a crime, rather they were directly related to gun ownership.

Some propose keeping a gun for self-defense, however Mother Jones reports that Philadelphia study found that the odds of an assault victim being shot were 4.5 times greater if he carried a gun” and that “is odds of being killed were 4.2 times greater” when armed. Other studies have concluded that firearm possession provides a deterrent benefit.

“Research conducted by Professors James Wright and Peter Rossi, for a landmark study funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, points to the armed citizen as possibly the most effective deterrent to crime in the nation.

Wright and Rossi questioned over 1,800 felons serving time in prisons across the nation”  Others propose arming civilians to counter mass shootings. FBI research shows that between 2000 and 2013 “In 5 incidents (3.1%), the shooting ended after armed individuals who were not law enforcement personnel exchanged gunfire with the shooters.”