Annotated Bibliography On Gun Rights And Nullification

In America, guns have done great harm to society. Guns have been culprits to many different types of shootings such as Charleston, which was a shooting in a church, Sandy Hook, which was responsible for the deaths of twenty young children and six adult staff members, and the shooting in Aurora, Colorado during a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises which resulted in the deaths of twelve innocent people. These are just three we listed here. How many times have there been news of another shooting? It’s like, everytime we turn on the news, we see another shooting that occurred. It doesn’t take a lot for one to notice that the current gun laws haven’t been working. The evidence which we all see daily in the news

Gun control is an extremely controversial issue in the United States, and the debates around this topic has started many decades ago. According to the article “Gun Rights vs. Gun control” by Brianna Gurciullo, these debates are fueled by the people who defend the gun rights and the people who advocate in favor of gun control. It has been difficult to prove that gun ownership is directly related to an increase in violence due to the fact that researches tend to disagree on the impact of gun ownership in the American society. These debates tend to be brought to the spotlight whenever there is a mass shooting in the United States, which according to Abbey Oldham, who is a reporter from the PBS News Hour, happens quite frequently. However, organizations, such as the National Rifle Association (NRA), defend that the laws for gun control violate the Second Amendment of the constitution, which states “the right of the people to keep and bear arms” stated Gurciullo. Due to the distinct interpretations of the constitution and the difficulty to agree on the best approach to tackle the issue, this controversy seem to be almost unsolvable.

I don’t particularly know where my hatred for guns stems from. For as long as I could remember, I always hated guns, I had never understood nor comprehended the purpose of them. Guns do not belong in the hands of civilians; guns should be for military and hunting purposes solely. They are very dangerous weapons. This was evident in the article “America 's gun problem, explained” by German Lopez. I could not agree more with many of the statements and arguments proposed in the article. One particular argument resonated with me, Lopez made the argument that “More guns mean more gun deaths. Period.” He proposed several data to show that research supports the idea that more guns means more gun death in the United States. The chart from Mother Jones demonstrates that when observing gun ownership and gun deaths state-by-state, you observe a positive relationship between the two variables. High gun ownership rates correlates with increases in gun deaths. Another research by the Harvard School of Public Health 's Injury Control Research Center found that when controlling for variables such as socioeconomic factors and other crime, areas with more guns have more gun deaths. These evident

In this article, Greenhaven Press, is an American publishing company which mainly publishes books on social issues, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, explains how an improvement of stronger gun control law will save lives. Green haven Press, faults that some gun-control laws are usually board and leaves room for loopholes. Greenhaven Press, developed their thesis by citing statistical facts, the District of Columbia v. Heller case, and quotes from the Second Amendment and the Brandy Act to show how gun-control laws came about and developed flaws through-out time. Greenhaven press’s research shows that the production of the black market of guns would never die out and the only way to keep structure within the American society is to make stronger

Guns are one of the most controversial and debated-upon topics in America today. In the Constitution, Americans are given “the right to bear arms,” and many Americans are proud of and believe strongly in that right. Though, that right has been constantly misused. Homicides by gun are at a higher rate in the United States than any other country in the world, mass shootings are at an all time high (many of which have occurred in the past two years alone), and terrorism has been at an all-time high. So, naturally, it is a topic that needs to be discussed. In the articles Change Your Gun Laws, America (1), author Fareed Zakaria provides the readers with some harrowing statistics on guns and insight over how the U.S. laws on guns need to be managed.

In Beverly Ballaro and Laura Finley’s article Counterpoint: Gun Control Saves Lives, Ballaro and Finley make a convincing argument by use of logic, emotion, and evidence. By using logic, Ballaro and Finley support their argument even further. One of their main points is that there is no need for an AK-47 or similar assault rifle in most house holds. The common uses of guns in houses is usually for protection and sport, both of which there is no need for a military grade weapon, “Designed for the purpose of killing as many people as possible as efficiently as possible” (Ballaro and Finley).

The continuing Mass Shootings in the United States has caused the gun control debate to intensify. While anti-gun control advocates say the Second Amendment guarantees each individual the right to bear arms, the pro-gun control group reads the Second Amendment as a collective right to bear arms; meaning organized militia are the only ones with that right. This essay will analyse the effectiveness of several different articles which present arguments for and against gun control.

Gun control has become a topic of controversy in the United States. There are those who oppose Gun Control and those who approve, those who proclaim that guns are the ones executing human beings and animals as well. In the preceding article, “How Gun Control Kills”, the author Jack Hunter claims, “Is there an evil worse than killing children? Is there anything more heart-wrenching than the feeling of absolute helplessness in our inability to protect them?” The author of the article is speaking against Gun control, stating why the country does not need laws against owning weapons and claiming Gun control is responsible for the killings the U.S is currently encountering. In the following article, “It’s Time to Ban Guns. Yes, All of them.” the

The rate of victims to gun violence is exceedingly high, but if the Second Amendment is changed or even repealed, this could alter the percentage of death and injuries. The lack of gun control is responsible for a large portion of death in the United States. Statistically, according to BBC News, in a study of a 100,000 people per country the U.S had the largest death ratio. Sixty percent of firearms belonged to citizens of the United States (Guns in the US: The statistics behind the violence). The study alone was on homicides committed in the different countries using firearms, if suicides and accidents had been included the number in the US would have increased significantly. These numbers should not be taken lightly as they should motivate our government to make a change because they prove the danger of gun possession. Furthermore, firearms increase the number of casualties. In an article written by Kerry Shaw, the author expresses how multiple people are at risk during an attack when the attacker is in possession of a gun. She touches upon the fact that the targeted victim is not the only life at risk when others are around (Shaw). Though Shaw’s article is on domestic abuse, the points she makes relate to any situation in which the aggressor has a firearm. The presence of a gun instantly catapults the lives at stake in these types of situations and therefore adds to the number of victims. In addition, the accessibility of firearms add to their danger. While other countries deal with struggles like mental illness and war, the United States has a far larger enemy within gun

The development of modern weapons began in 1364. Since then, the evolution of weapons has grown. The first reported rifle appeared in 1498, and the first pistol was debuted in 1750. As America was discovering her identity, wars such as the American Revolution and American Civil War, has encouraged the use of firearm. Guns originated as a weapon of defense, however in recent years people worldwide have taken advantage of the loose weapon control. In regards to Paul Waldman’s argument in the article “ The Case For Banning Guns” Paul states the following , “ Over 30,000 Americans dead every year, and tens of thousands more maimed and paralyzed. Can you imagine how many restrictions on our rights wed’d welcome if terrorists were killing 30,000 of us a year?” With that said, it depicts a vivid image of the disconnect among guns and the people. If the government regulated gun laws, the murder, homicide, and mass shooting rate would rapidly decrease. However, in the article “ The Case Against Banning Guns” the writer Shiha Dalmia argues otherwise. “ There are about 300 million guns in this country- nearly one for every man, woman, and child. Congress can pass all the regulations it wants --- and even declare an outright ban on guns.” (Dalmia.) Meaning, if laws were enforced, and people were wanting

Most of us agree that there has been a lot of violent crimes going on in this country and even around the world. We need to do something about it and not just let people destroy the peace we have in this country. Many people do something about problems until those problems become their own problems. One way is repealing or severely limiting the 2nd Amendment because if there’s more laws to gun control , there will be less gun deaths. Another reason why is because more gun control laws would protect women from domestic abusers and stalkers, also because other countries with gun control laws have a lower rate of gun homicide and gun suicides . Many people now buy guns and they are not mentally capable and will harm themselves or worse ,harm

It has been said that “unless we solve the problem of interpersonal hatred it may not matter very much what we do about guns” (20). The fact of the matter is, that is the truth. Those supporting gun control argue that if we restrict guns then murder and crime rates will drop. However, until we solve the hatred in the world there will always be crime and killing. Criminals will find other weapons or find a way to get guns illegally. Studies prove that in areas with more gun laws, crime is higher. Until we can start cracking down on those who commit crimes, gun laws can do nothing to help. It is not the gun that kills, but the person pulling the trigger.

Guns do not kill people, people kill people. Guns are not the problem in today’s society. Criminals will kill regardless of gun control. Before guns were created, people were killing people. Yes a gun is a deadly weapon and yes people are killed from gun related incidents everyday, but guns do not have the ability to harm any one on their own. It is true that some of the largest mass murders have been shootings. Many tragedies have occurred because of one person with a gun (Refuting). However, those murderers would not have been stopped if a good guy with a gun didn’t stop them. If the police wouldn’t have stopped many of these killers, they would have continued to kill more people. It is known that many of these mass murders have occurred in gun-free zones. The Sandy Hook shooting happened on school grounds, Virginia Tech and Columbine also on school grounds, and Colorado movie theater shooting all

I agree with you Rogers, the gun by itself cannot kill people it has to have some people behind it to pull the trigger. I also like the point you make that “the guns don't kill people; people kill people - this is true. But how does this analysis change when we acknowledge that people are intrinsically evil and violent? Would this perhaps encourage greater care in who we allow weapons?” Yes I think the government should careful more in allow people have gun and all the new gun laws. Because there are too much incident involve in gun and plenty of innocent people had lie down. People evil thought and act kill the other the gun is just their tool use to peruse their evilness.

“Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” is a quote that a majority of Americans firmly stand by. In their eyes, owning a gun is your fundamental right as an American. Typically speaking they agree with the idea that guns should be used for protection and recreational practices. “This however, comes with its own issues such as, believing that this right allows you to threaten, and harm anyone because it’s their ‘Second Amendment right’.” (Write & Barbour, 2013)