Essay On Gun Control

     News is all around us and is readily available to everyone. There are many flaws in the system that hurts the authenticity of the news when you see it. The media is indirectly part of the political system. Most news is either considered liberal or conservative by many.

The amount of crimes happening today will only increase with stricter gun control laws because there is a higher temptation to steal guns. An American citizen claims, “Ever since I first learned how to shoot, the issue with gun violence around the nation became clear: Guns are not the problem; people are” (Sherfenski). Police need to lock up these people committing the disastrous crimes that affect so many innocent lives. These blameless people are not prepared when they are being attacked, and that is because most shootings tend to happen in areas where guns are controlled. The former United States Secretary of Education, William Bennett, explains the reason that criminals decide to go to places that have controlled gun laws is because: “These murderers, while deranged and deeply disturbed, are not dumb. They show up to schools, universities, malls and public places where their victims cannot shoot back” (Bennett). Even if guns are controlled in public places including malls and schools, where there are uncontrolled shootings, why would it make a difference if they were controlled everywhere? It would not make a difference whatsoever because these crimes are done out of pure, revolting pleasure. Committing a crime is one thing, but taking away a right that was given to Americans in the 1790s is a whole different story.

Robberies committed with guns are more likely to result in fatalities compared to robberies where other weapons are used. if guns were less available, criminals may commit the crime anyway but with less-lethal weapons causing less damage to the people involved. Research has shown that guns intensify crime situations, and increase the likelyhood of a more violent or lethal outcome in a crime .Strict gun control is clearly the best way to solve Americas problem with crime and violence related to guns. Another fact is that in 97% gun defenses, no shot is fired which means that guns are clearly unnecessary to normal citizens. The United States has the most gun violence and therefore gun control will play a major part in the decrease of the crime and murder rate. Likelyhood and seriousness of crime increase

Guns not only keep criminals away, they provide assistance for the victim during a crime. Based upon data from a 2000 study published in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology, U.S. civilians use guns to defend themselves and others from crime at least 989,883 times per year (Agresti and Smith). Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of women that use guns to protect themselves against sexual related crimes every year. Based upon these statistics and data, it is obvious that guns do more good than evil and in most cases prevent evil from even occurring.

Many of the nation's issues are the result of the same ethical diversities that attract one to our nation, known as the “land of the free.” Our government leaders and elected officials must take into account these ethical diversities when attempting to address and correct problems that affect one's ability to live peacefully and equally in the United States. There are many issues facing the United States Supreme Court in which the current legislation and political resolves are insufficient; among these issues is simply, gun control. Gun rights advocates fancy that gun control laws go too far. Having said that, supporters of gun control don't believe the government is doing enough to better regulate the distribution of firearms. It is

“Guns prevent an estimated 2.5 million crimes a year or 6,849 every day” (Dr. Gary Kleck) with guns crime will go down. Just think of how much crime there will be if our government does take our guns. Just think of how many people would die how many things would get stolen. It’s just crazy to think that it could be in the U.S.’ near future.

In the wake of all the school shootings in the past fifteen years gun control has become a more serious issue than before. Gun control has always been a concern in the United States, but not until the first major school shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado did this topic become a reality to the American public. In 1999, this massacre left fifteen people dead including the assassins. And just recently on March 5, 2001 did the tradition continue, when Charles Andrew Williams killed two classmates, leaving many injured in Santee California.

Guns have been around since the 1300s, from the muskets to the very high-tech guns we have today. Today guns are used for sports, like hunting and competition and also guns are used in self-defense in the protection of ourselves and families and others. The military uses guns and various other tactics to protect and fight for our country, also guns are used in law enforcement such as the police. But with these guns comes hostility from people when shootings and related events that contain guns happen in the U.S. The controversy over gun control has been around for a very long time. Gun control is always being spoken about. If any crime is caused by a gun, controlling guns or “Gun control” is the

Guns are there a right to all American citizens, or are they an out of date way of defense. In this paper you will find many examples of how guns are a right for Americans. Also necessary way of defense.

In recent years, gun control has become a pressing issue in America. The number of killings and mass shootings have been higher than ever. Yet, the new argument has been over guns on college campuses. This argument came to play as a result of the success of gun activists in legalizing firearms for students and faculty on college campus throughout the United States. These gun laws allow students age twenty one and older and faculty to be given the proper training and carry a firearm or concealed weapon on a campus. The laws differ depending on the state, some allow firearms everywhere and some states have restrictions. However, all schools must have areas where weapons are not allowed, like football stadiums or health clinics where there

I would say that everybody should have the right to defend or protect themselves legally from any kind of harm and danger, without guns at least. Some people can go for the extra protection with guns, but should have certain restrictions and limited to those who does not use them for criminal use. The Bill of Rights is important because it gives us the right to bear arms according the second amendment. Gun regulations could violate certain rights as granted by the United States constitution. On June 26, 2008, the Supreme Court issued its choice in District of Columbia v. Heller and found that the District of Columbia (DC) handgun boycott damages a singular's directly under the Second Amendment to legally have a handgun in his home for self protection. Although felons should be able to protect themselves, they

Gun control and crime seem to go hand in hand. While some would argue and say that: if you take away the guns, good people can’t protect themselves. It is worth noting that good people can’t protect themselves now. We need to do something about the amount of guns in the U.S.; some 270 million to 310 million strong.(DeSilver

While others may argue that having more people own guns will raise the chances of crimes, as long as there’s requirements to owning one we should be safe. It’s convenient to have one in your possession so that you are able to defend yourself if the situation ever arises. You never know when someone could just pull up and threaten you, but if you own a gun you could easily defend yourself. Without weapons no one would really be able to defend themselves and despite them also being dangerous they protect us as well. No matter how we may neglect weapons because of destructive they may be we can’t run from the fact that they keep us safe at the same time. Having citizens be safe is a high priority that cannot be escaped, we’d want everyone to feel

Firearms are dangerous weapons used to intentionally and unintentionally kill people, which lead to one of America�s most heated debates: gun control. With increasing crime and violence, many people look to gun control laws as a way to slow these trends down. On the other hand, others believe that owning a gun is a constitutional right that should never be taken away. James Q. Wilson�s essay �Just Take Away Their Guns� is an attempt to offer a solution to both sides of this argument. He claims that illegal possession of firearms is the problem and that frisking suspicious characters would be a good solution to the debate of gun control. However, random frisking to end illegal gun possession is a violation of privacy and an overbearing task

First and foremost, keeping guns out of citizens’ hands will not necessarily lower the amount of people murdered by guns. In fact, James Jacobs, director of the Center for Research in Crime and Justice at New York University School of Law, and a professor of constitutional law says that there has been a “decrease in violent crime and gun crime in the U.S. since the early 1990s, even though the number of firearms has increased by about 10 million every year” (Davidson). There is a common perception that because there is an increase in gun sales does not mean that there is an increase in gun crimes. Incidentally, the reason why gun death is because of the misinterpretation of the information that the public is given by media sources. The public “reads that 30,000 people have been killed with guns, but what’s