An overview to gun control debates
Gun control policies are without a doubt, necessary to keep peace and safety among our communities, and prevent our country from falling into a mesh of barbaric chaos. But the extent to which gun control policies should be enforced has been an on-going debate. Primarily the debate revolves around three main aspects of the topic. The sociological, which deals with relationships between gun control laws and the rate of violent crimes either prevented or caused by firearms; the ethical, which discusses with the right of citizens to bear arms against the protection of citizens and crimes; as well as the legal, which deals with the interpretation of the second amendment of the U.S constitution. The following essay examines each factor in depth, and presents arguments from opposing sides regarding each individual aspect of gun control debates.
The sociological aspect of the gun control debate deals largely with statistical information, and is often used by gun control advocates for their debates. It doesn’t take a fool to see a positive correlation between position of firearms and death caused by firearms regardless of the intent of each death (murder or mishandling of firearms). According to researches done by the Harvard School of Public Health, statistically speaking, owning a gun is more likely to kill you than to defend you [1] in your home. In addition, our current screening system for gun purchase applications does very little to help keep the death tolls down. In the past few years mass shooting has become a frequent topic on the news, in fact, the number of mass shootings has dramatically increased from 5 per year in 2000, to 13 per year in 2013. And a majority of these shooters has obtaine...
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...truly important part of the sentence is “militia”. At the time when the amendment was put into operation, there were distrusts between each states as well as the big government, and threats of domestic invasion was dangerously real. Therefore the second amendment ensured that the citizen’s militia could defend the principles of the constitution. In addition to the change of era, gun technology has advanced dramatically. In today’s world, the word “gun” meaning much more than just revolvers and pipe shotguns made straight out of mud and gunpowder, we invented assault rifles with high capacity magazines and pump-action shotguns that were solely designed to do maximum damage with a single shell. It is absurd not to regulate the availability of these weapons to the general public. After all, we simply don’t need that much firepower for task as simple as home defense.
In America guns have been a part of the country’s society since it’s birth. Throughout history the citizens of the US have used firearms to protect the nation, protect their families, hunt for food and engage in sporting activities. The issue of Guns and gun control is complex. Weighing the rights and liberties of the individual against the welfare and safety of the public has always been a precarious balancing act. In the United States, gun control is one of these tumultuous issues that has both sides firmly entrenched in their positions. Those parties in favor of gun ownership and the freedom to use and keep arms, rely on the fact that the provision for such rights is enshrined in their constitution. In this climate of growing violence, rife with turmoil and crime, gun advocates feel more than ever that their position is justified. As citizens of the “Land of the Free” possessing a gun is a fundamental right, and may even be a necessity... Anti- gun lobbyists point to the same growing violence and gun related crimes in an effort to call on the government to take action. By enacting more laws and stricter control, these people not in favor of guns feel society would be better safer.
Guns are not the trouble, people are. The United States is #1 in world gun ownership, and yet is only 28th in the world in gun murders per 100,000 people. The number of unintentional fatalities due to firearms declined by 58 percent between 1991 and 2011 Based on these facts, one can see the guns not the causes of gun violence. moreover, civilians who get permits take gun safety courses and have criminal background...
Left, right, Liberal, Conservative, Democratic, Republican. There are a lot of synonyms for the sides of our nation divided. Divided on many things: religion, political views, morals, etc.. For a nation that prides ourselves on extraordinary security and unity, it is quite ironic that so many issues can cause such distress and uproar within communities. One such issue is gun control. As a white male in a middle-lower class family that has never owned a gun, I may be somewhat biased. Objectively as I can, I am going to report the facts and more importantly, try to find the core issues at play.
Opposing sides have for years fought over the laws that govern firearms. For the purposes of this paper "Gun Control" is defined as policies enacted by the government that limit the legal rights of gun owners to own, carry, or use firearms, with the intent of reducing gun crimes such as murder, armed robbery, aggravated rape, and the like. So defined, gun control understandably brings favorable responses from some, and angry objections from others. The gun control debate is generally publicized because of the efforts of the Pro-Gun Lobby or the Anti-Gun Lobby.
Today in the United States many people argue over the fact of guns being legal or illegal. There are people using guns for personal safety and there are others who use them for crimes, as well as for other situations. Firearm deaths in the United States have slowly been decreasing from year to year with all these bills getting passed to promote a safer country than ever before. Guns are the main weapon for youth suicide, school shootings, and for committing murder. In 2010 there were 2,711 infants, child, and teenage firearm deaths. As in school shootings and in committing murder, studies show shooters often had multiple, non-automatic guns, shootings were planned, most youth tell before shooting, shooters have a history of being bullied or threatened, shooters have mental issues, and shooters have done suicidal gestures before (Gun Control with School Shootings). Although there are people who use guns for murdering, there are also those who oppose guns being used without the proper requirements. 85% of all respondents to the survey supporting requiring states to report people to national background-checks systems who are prohibited from owning gu...
Gun control is a highly controversial topic in today’s world where the fight is between the liberal and the conservatives. Many people believe that guns should be banned due to many recent massacres that have happened whereas others are wanting people to have background checks done before owning a gun. I am against gun control because banning handguns in the United States should not be allowed because handguns fail to protect the people and it is ineffective.
Crime and guns. The two seem to go hand in hand with one another. But are the two really associated? Do guns necessarily lead to crime? And if so do laws placing restrictions on firearm ownership and use stop the crime or protect the citizens? These are the questions many citizens and lawmakers are asking themselves when setting about to create gun control laws. The debate over gun control, however, is nothing new. In 1924, Presidential Candidate, Robert La Follete said, “our choice is not merely to support or oppose gun control but to decide who can own which guns under what conditions.” Clearly this debate still goes on today and is the very reason for the formation of gun control laws.
Today in the United States there has much debate over the countries current standing on Gun Control. Some Americans lean more towards supporting the bans, simply due to what people have seen with the mentally ill in the media today, these are often the indviduals who support restrictions that have been made on the purchasing of firearms. Others highly oppose gun control, standing firm by the belief that any form of suppression towards firearm ownership, is a clear violation of anyone 's constitutional rights. "In 1990, the Violence Policy Center announced that the debate must be switched from small handguns to large “assault rifles.” This led to states like California starting bans themselves on, "assault weapon magazines holding more than
Every day some news related to gun violence are being heard all over the world. Shooting in driveway, public places, schools, homicide and suicide are some of different types of gun violence. Shooting on people and killing them is a big issue in the world and different comments are provided about that. One of the most important of them is about gun control laws. Stingl (2013) says “The term gun control as it is used in the United States refers to any action taken by the federal government or by state or local governments to regulate, through legislation, the sale, purchase, safety, and use of handguns and other types of firearms by individual citizens.” According to this idea gun control laws should be stricter and people should not be able to have access to guns easily. However, there are many other people who believe this idea is not a good solution and never help. This essay will demonstrate for and against views about the topic. People who agree with this idea consider: firstly, stricter laws will reduce violence and gun control means crime control. Secondly, some research shows people with gun are more at risks of getting shot. Thirdly, guns can always be misused by their owners and finally, stricter law is the best and the faster way to control crime and make community safe. While opponents say first of all, guns are necessary for people safety and protection. Secondly, guns are not the only tools for killing and violence; there are other weapons too and finally, gun ownership is human rights.
Life in America continues to peak on the account of freedom and advancements. However, there are still some fights for freedom that are in jeopardy. The right to bear arms is a prime example, and the fight to preserve it is threatened daily. Before government took action against the unjust setup of the sexes, women were left in the shadows and rarely received equal opportunities. The fight for equality was long and difficult, but finally their voices were heard.
With the copious amounts of senseless tragedies occurring in the US, enforcing gun restrictions to increase the overall safety of the citizens is something Congress needs to stand behind. Throughout the past several years the security has been stripped from simple day trips to the movies, schools, nights clubs, or even a Sunday afternoon at church due to the spontaneous and inexplicable mass shootings. As an additive, there is incessant worry over the increasing and reoccurring terrorist attacks.
In a single year, 2007, "guns took the lives of 31,224 Americans in suicides, accidental shootings, and homicides." These shocking statistics not only prove that violence from the misuse and abused of gun privileges are a leading cause of death in this country, but they also show that stronger gun laws are needed to prevent innocent children, women, and men from this. Murders can happen accidentally with a firearm if the weapon is loaded with ammunition and not locked in a safe. Nevertheless, if 30,000 Americans died from a firearm in a single year, action is needed to enforce stronger gun control laws to avoid this many
On April 20, 1999, in Littleton, Colorado two teenagers shot and killed 13 people at Columbine High School (thinkprogress.org). On March 25, 2006, in Seattle, Washington Aaron Hill entered a party and proceeded to kill six people with a firearm (thinkprogress.org). On July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colorado twelve people were murdered by a gunman during a showing of The Dark Knight Rises (thinkprogress.org). Over the course of 13 years, from 2000 to 2013, 486 people have been killed in mass shooting across the United States (nytimes.com). When will the US as a nation recognize and fix the epidemic that is the firearm?
The gun policy in the United States is the right to keep and bear arms that protected by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. It can be also use as hunting, sport shooting or personal protection, and mostly for right to bear arms. However, the results of gun-related violence in school have shaken the nation, and the debates over gun policy has been controversial issues. On the afternoon of February 14, 2018, the 17 of the students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, were killed last week. It could kill 17 people in just six minutes by wielding a semiautomatic weapon, an AR-15 rifle. It was traveled on Tuesday to Tallahassee, the state capital, to call for an assault weapons ban. The direct appeal
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