Argumentative Essay On Gun Safety

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Currently, it seems as if every time we turn on the news stations we hear about another story of senseless gun violence in civilian areas such as schools, movie theaters, or disability centers. It has caused the citizens of our nation and of our state to feel unsafe and insecure throughout their everyday lifestyles as they do not know when the next attack will strike and if they are going to be at the wrong place, at the wrong time. Anyone who is concerned about the current state of our gun safety legislation should be in support of this bill, HB 10 “background checks for private firearm sales,” as its purpose is to act as an extra precaution to make it so that only people who can pass a background check are able to purchase a firearm. This …show more content…
The first section of the bill amends Section 46.01 of the Penal Code by adding Subdivisions (18), (19), and (20) to include definitions on “Gun Show,” “Gun show promoter,” and “Websites for firearm sales.” This section simply allows for clarity on words that are being used in the bill, as to remove any ambiguity on the definitions.

The second section of the bill amends Chapter 46 of the Penal Code by adding Sections 46.065 and 46.066. Section 46.065 focuses on certain requirements relating to sales at gun shows. This section delineates the offense one commits when they knowingly sell a firearm at a gun show without complying with a background check, as a Class A misdemeanor. This offense also applies when a person sells a firearm to another person at a gun show and does not maintain a record of sale. This section additionally, makes it clear that a person who conducts a criminal background check may charge a fee in an amount equal to the cost incurred by the person to obtain the background check, which means that the Texas Government is not directly funding this bill, rather the seller may just charge an extra fee for the background check that they will have to run through the federal government. This same subsection applies to all proposed sections: 46.065, 46.066, and