America has a massive gun problem, and lives are lost everyday because of it. Stricter gun control laws would reduce gun deaths. Firearms are the leading implement used in homicides and less access to guns would help lower this statistic. Massacres can and would be reduced as well. Guns cannot safely be used as a means of self defense either, and bringing a gun into any situation turns it into a life or death scenario. If a gun is locked in a safe then it is not useful, and if it is not in the safe then it is not safe (Jefferies). Criminals also have easy access to guns, easier than any regulated country (Jefferies). Stricter gun laws and background checks would help catch criminals and stop them getting guns (Jefferies). More gun control is …show more content…
The United States has a history with firearms due to its colonial, revolutionary, and frontier history and guns have been ever-present in American culture. It is true that most countries have semi strict gun laws and most countries have a higher crime rate than the US. But it is also true that most countries have a lower Human Development Index as the US. Background checks are a suitable way of stopping criminals from getting guns. Gun background checks did not prevent massacres in countries with strict gun laws and simply prevent law abiding citizens from getting guns easily. But they do prevent known criminals and people with mental health issues that may be prone to violence from getting guns. A significant amount of firearm massacres in the United States have been committed by people with mental health issues and could have been prevented with stricter background checks. Guns have already accounted for 11,586 deaths in the United States in 2016 as of October including 527 children under eleven, and there has been over three hundred verified mass shootings in 2016 alone (Gun). In comparison, Australia, which has stricter gun laws across all states and territories, has had only 230 gun homicides in total in 2014 (Australian Bureau of Statistics) and has had 0 massacres since 1997 when the Australian Government implemented its strict gun laws. Since 1997, Australia has not had a single gun massacre but the US has had 300 in ten and a half months. In Australia the gun crime rate dropped after guns were banned, but this has also been linked to a general drop in violent crime (Australian Institute of Criminology). Every form of violent crime was dropping before 1997 and the strict gun laws, and continued to drop after it. This cannot be taken as an indicator that banning a huge array of guns leads to a lower firearm crime rate, at least in Australia. It can be said that background checks
The Economist (2015) article also states that since Obama’s election into office, there has been 450% increace of American gun makers Smith & Wesson’s share price.
In conclusion, enabling stricter gun control laws will help to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill, criminals, and children and teens. With these laws put into place there will be more assurance of the safety of American citizens. It is not necessary to strip citizens of their right to own a gun, but we should be able to make it harder to get guns. If you are someone with a clear record and using a gun for recreation use, you will have no trouble obtaining a gun. In the long run increase the laws on gun control hurts nobody. Despite historic events where governments seized firearms and killed millions of citizens, today we have a different problem, which is making sure guns are in the right hands.
This essay will discuss the pros and cons of gun control. Some U.S. States have already adopted some of these gun control laws. I will be talking about the 2nd amendment, public safety, home safety, and do gun control laws really control guns. I hope after you have read this you will be more educated, and can pick your side of the gun control debate. So keep reading and find out more about the gun control laws that the federal and some state governments want to enforce on U.S. Citizens.
We have all been through that pain of losing a love one either it was to an incurable disease, old age, and car accident or during time of war. Nevertheless, we have lost more love ones through gun violence. People have own guns since the time guns were invented, but “Are guns for everyone?” We have heard of gun laws throughout the whole United States of America some enforce those laws and other do not. The government enforce stricter gun control laws so the public can be safe, to stop gun violence, and to avoid incidents that can lead to the tragedy.
The Economist states in an editorial that when people can get guns more easily there are more deaths which are caused by guns. There is a research result in 1996 about murders with guns. According to this research, there were two murders in New Zealand, fifteen in Japan, 30 in United Kingdom, 106 in Canada, 211 in Germany. On the other hand, in the USA, there were 9,390 gun related murders (America, 1998). This is a plain fact. Though there is a difference in population between each countries, it seems that there are too many gun related murders in the USA. Firearms-related incidents are taking place even in countries that it is illegal to possess guns. Therefore, it is needless to say that more gun related incidents would be occurring if the government permits gun ownership.
According to Gerney, Parsons, and Posner (2013), in the wake of mass shootings and other types of gun-related disasters, an increase in interest among the public, community leaders, and elected officials occurs, with regards to identifying effective means through which to minimize the possibility for recurrence of such incidences. Some of the reactions at such times include the enactment of more strict gun control laws to limit the accessibly of firearms to individuals with the criminal intent of committing a gun-related crime.
Over the last 20 years mass shootings have become more common. More and more people are becoming concerned with guns, and the fact they are being used for killing innocent people. Over the past year we’ve had shootings in Orlando, Dallas, and multiple other cities. Many people have come to the conclusion that guns need to go. Others believe there should be background checks for every person who would like to purchase a firearm. Federal laws already prohibit some people from being able to purchase a weapon. The list includes convicted felons, immigrants without legal status, and people diagnosed with certain types of mental illness (“The Fight over Guns,” 2016). Guns should be a ton harder to buy than they are at the
...he gun debate in America, has many people talking about how dangerous guns could be. Trying to avoid people to buy guns or eliminate guns would not help because guns could be brought illegally. Background checks would only work if the government makes the law stricter but since is not yet strict, then things will still remain the same. Instead, of making more laws, the government should let people carry guns with them because the gun could be used for protection. There could have been a possibility that in the San Bernardino shooting, the 14 individuals who died in the attack, could have survived if those individuals had a gun. Who knows where and when a shooting could happen? No one knows but the one who will commit the crime. That is why having more guns could reduce individuals to get injured or die in a shooting. Which means that more guns will equal more safety.
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” (Bill of Rights). This is the 2nd Amendment of the United States Constitution. This is a document that grants all Americans certain inalienable rights. All citizens no matter their age or standing in society have some understanding of the Bill of Rights and the freedoms that it allows. One freedom that is granted to us, the right to bear arms, has become the center of a heated issue in today’s society and many years before. The majority of citizens have felt the impacts of guns, either positive or negative, during some point of their life. It is because of the fact that guns are a part of numerous American’s lives that we must ask: is gun control needed for the protection of Americans or for the empowerment of the government through the removal of Americans rights.
“According to FBI statistics, 46, 313 Americans were murdered during the time period of 2007 to 2011. This translates to an average of 9,263 murders per year.” There was about one murder every hour. These murders involved guns. If gun control laws are enhanced then everyone would be safer. There would be less crime and no one would have to be as concerned. That would be a huge benefit to us all. According to JustFacts, “12% of Americans will be the victims of a complete violent crime in the course of their lives. 83% of Americans will be the victim of an attempted or completed crime. 52% of Americans will be the victim of an attempted or completed crime more than once.” Obviously many Americans have been involved in a violent gun act. Many probably live in fear. Maybe someone suffers from trauma after an incident like this happened. People who commit these crimes do not even stay in prison for that long. Thus, this makes the United States a scarier
As the 2nd amendment addressed, “a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.¨ Although the founding fathers agreed that any United States citizen should obtain a firearm for protection, the times from then and society now has transformed and changed tremendously. Gun control measures should be strictly regulated due to amount of harm caused from unregulated controls. As the court ruled out states “owning firearms is not an absolute right: it has upheld both federal attempts to regulate certain weapons and states’ power to enact gun control measures.” Uses of fire arms, not necessarily weapons, become the protection of the home along with the
The 2nd amendment allows U.S. citizens to have the right to bear arms. People have taken advantage of the 2nd amendment and have spun out of control. This uncontrollable action brought upon gun control laws. There are two main questions that always seem to be brought up when in a debate on gun control laws. Do guns necessarily lead to crime? And if so, can laws that place restrictions on firearm ownership and the use of firearms stop the crime or protect our citizens?
Safety is a fundamental human right that every government must provide its people. The framers of the constitution remained alive to this fact and thus created the Second Amendment which provides that American citizens have a right to own arms. However, this has turned out to be one of the most controversial discourses in America's history given the right has been misused and limited in equal measures. It has sharply divided the American population into two factions, with proponents citing that gun laws should be held because they are constitutionally provided and ensure that citizens are safe from any threat. On the other hand, the opponents intimate that the recent gun attacks experienced in the country such as in Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Gun control is a term referring to the different laws and policies that controls everything related to the uses of firearms by civilians. The topic is relevant in our country and society because some people are taking this issue not serious and a lot of people are losing their loved ones. On top of that, there is the media which is helping in one way and hurting in another. There's so many fake news out there the reader couldn’t tell what is true and not. Generally speaking, most of the time the news media has put together the gun control debate as a conflict between two equally matched oppose from pro and con of gun control. Gun control is problem especially in the wake of so many recent, tragic mass shootings. It is also a conflicting issue,
Gun control has been a major issue for many years now and it seems as time progresses gun violence rates are increasing. There has been massive shootings in the United States because not everyone who posses a gun is in the right state of mind. Firearms have been handed down to the wrong people and the laws they have against firearms have been very controversial. There are many disagreements to the safety requirements of purchasing a gun. Although they have been safety requirements before it has not stopped the violence because it keeps increasing. Therefore the law makers have been discussing if guns should be allowed or banned from certain places.