Our Blind Spot About Guns Analysis

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Nicholas Kristof, the writer behind Our Blind Spot about Guns, describes how Americans turn a blind eye to gun laws and regulations. Kristof describes how the increase of regulation on automobiles has reduced the annual death rates by 95%; Kristof claims, “by my calculations we would have 715,000 Americans dying annually in vehicle accidents” (161). Furthermore, he uses this information to encourage, the regulation on guns. Kristof’s readers claim “Cars kill people, too, so why not ban cars?” Kristof’s response to this is that he is not trying to take guns away, just to make them safer for the common man.
Nicholas Kristof has some points. However, his comparison of vehicles to guns is lacking significance. Cars have a purpose, to transport one from point a to point b, cars are transportation tools. First off, what is a tool? The oxford dictionary defines a tool as “A device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function. …show more content…
In order to own a pistol, one must either be a part of a shooting club, or a hunter, with proof of hunting from land owners. Australia has had zero mass shootings since the law was enacted 19 years ago. There suicide rates by gun has gone down over 90%. Van Cleave stated after hearing about this information he compared gun regulation to drug enforcement, “Well put it this way it’s illegal to have crack-cocaine anywhere in the United States, you think if somebody really wants it they can get their hands on crack cocaine in America.” Basically he means, unless you get rid of all guns there is no point in having gun laws at
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