Gun Carrying: Article Analysis

Gun control is a controversial issue for a long time around the world, particularly in U.S. because of a lots of mass shooting in school and public places. The second Amendment of the U.S. constitution is one of the shortest in all of the bill of right, it was written by the time period of American’s birth and it is the spirit of self-defense that help the new citizens of U.S. win their own freedom from the British. But now as the gun shooting problem happening every day in America, this gun control problem has gradually become to a hot issue. Compare to other countries like Britain, Canada, Japan, China, the difference between U.S. and those countries is in these countries to get a firearm is a very difficult thing

“The right to bear arms”, an amendment so prioritized by our founding fathers that it earned the very second spot on the list of birth rights as Americans. However, with constant tragedies striking the United States, such as massacres in public high schools and universities, mall shootings, and attempted assassinations on state representatives, it’s no wonder law makers are constantly debating the topic of gun control.

A hot-button topic in the world of U.S. politics today is the controversy over whether or not new gun laws need to be instituted to keep Americans safe. We are a nation that believes in the Second Amendment, and one that sticks to traditional values. With this, comes a great deal of incongruity, which makes for a very sensitive debate on gun control. On one side of the spectrum, we have those who take a more liberal stance; while they do in fact support the second amendment, there is no doubt that the U.S. has evolved significantly since the Constitution was written, hence creating a need for strict gun laws. On the other side of the spectrum, conservatives argue that as soon as executive action inhibits the fundamental principles in which

Gun laws have been debated for years now in America, and they have been debtated for various reasons. Recently, the idea of conceal and carry has been brought over to college campuses and schools around our nation. There are two main sides to this controversial topic, people who are for conceal and carry and people who are against it. There have been multiple bills proposed in florida to allow everyday people carry guns on campus. This topic has been a hot debate after incidents like the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting and even more recently the Ohio State shooting. Although the “Right to Bear Arms” is an amendment, conceal and carry should not be allowed onto college campuses and schools due to its potential consequences.

The availability of guns is responsible for the rise in violence among juveniles (Page par. 1). People who are in the presence of easy accessible weapons does not always tend have violent behaviors. Areas with a high crime rate tend to have more violent behaviors associated with assault weapons rather areas with low crime rates. So for the most part, time spent should be focused on areas with high crime rate such as New York, Los Angeles, and New Orleans. These areas are more prone to have problematic situations in regards to assault weapons due to the drug traffickers and gangs. According to the 1990 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, four states found that thirty five percent male and eleven percent of female students reported carrying a gun (Page par.3). That is of the people who complied and told the truth, there are a lot more people that are carrying weapons that should not be. In order for the streets of America to be safer, there needs to be laws and restrictions on this dangerous weapon.

According to Michelle Ye Hee Lee, an author for the Washington Post, she claims that since the December attack in 2012 on Sandy Hook Elementary school all the way to the June 2014 Oregon incident there has been a total of 74 school shootings. This number will only rise if a strong gun control law is not enforced into the entire nation. For years now President Obama has been demanding stronger gun control but the conservative Republicans have been fighting the bill claiming that it jeopardizes the rights given by the second amendment. In the article “Gun Control is Unconstitutional”, the author quotes “in another issue of the Federalist Papers (No. 45), the powers of the federal government were to be “few and defined”... federal power to regulate guns is anything but “defined; it’s explicitly denied” (Gun Control is Unconstitutional). As someone who does not know the law as well as the individual writing this, if his argument is true. There are certainly alternatives which can work around this statement. One solution to this is having better backgrounds checks as well as a periodic mental health assessment of gun owners as well as future gun owners to make sure individuals with mental disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder do not intentionally harm others because of their instability. A clear example of this can be seen on July 2012 after the latest blockbuster movie release of Batman. An individual named James Holmes arrived to the theater

In today’s politics, gun control is a big argument. The anti-gun advocates wants more gun control laws. The gun advocates side wants less gun control sides. They believe guns symbolize freedom and will help kept themselves safe. Anti-gun advocates believe stricter gun control laws will insure public safety and reduce the number of guns in irresponsible hands. As a way to help persuade people to become pro or anti-gun advocates, people write articles on gun control. Think Concealed Carry Makes You Safe? Think Again is an article about concealed carriers not being able to protect themselves. Texas Concealed Handgun Carries: Law-abiding Public Benefactors is an article about the change in arrest rates since Texas allowed citizens to carry concealed firearms.

Federal law has made the sale of firearms illegal to various individuals who have a history of being mentally unstable and licensed dealers to perform a background check before selling firearms. However, federal law has not made it mandatory for unlicensed sellers (individuals) to perform background checks. Additionally, states have the option of requiring dealers to conduct background checks through state or local agencies or directly through the FBI. States that conduct their own background checks can search records and databases in addition to those that the federal law requires to be searched. Surprisingly, state databases typically include information that is unavailable to the FBI, including outstanding felony warrants, mental health

I believe you’re using APA and you did a good job of doing that, but you need to put your title on your first official page (the page you actually start your essay). I also think you should come up with a better title than just gun control, I mean what about gun control, your title doesn’t give me any insight on what you actually will be talking about dealing with guns. Going through it I can sense what you are trying to convey but the title is a little bland. Also, you cannot have your reference page on the same page as some of your essay, so the last page needs to JUST be your reference page. Speaking of references, I’m sorry to tell you, but you have no academic sources in your essay, no primary source either. You just have popular sources. My advice is go on websites

Keidan, Greg. "Talking about Guns and Violence: Strategies for Facilitating Constructive Dialogues." National Civic Review 103.3 (2014): 48-54. ProQuest. Web. 15 Apr. 2016.

The article I chose to read and summarize is called “The Current and Future State of Gun Control in the United States”. This article mainly focuses on, obviously gun control, but also the fact that there have only been a few changes to the law regarding firearms in the last century. Several laws and situations involving gun control are mentioned throughout the article as well. This article touches on many topics, it touches on federal laws, state laws, the courts, policy options, registration to own a firearm, and felons.

The tradition of guns Goes way back before the United States was ever discovered. Historians believe firepower originated in about A.D. 300 in ancient China (Mackey 9). Chinese inventors wrote about the discovery of a powder that exploded when exposed to flame (9). Eventually others caught on to the new substance called “gun powder” and it was soon to be all over the world. Recipes for making the powder eventually migrated to Europe during trading expeditions (9). This led to new ideas and on how the substance could be used. In the mid – 1200’s Europeans experimented with new ways to use the explosive powder, and by the 1340’s the cannon had become a potent weapon (9). Cannons had become standard wartime weapons in the middle ages, but their size and weight limited their usefulness (10). There

As the article emphasizes, from the get go, the prospects of getting regulations on gun control passed, even despite the Connecticut shooting, were insecure. The article I selected helps to explain the measures that were being proposed, which include: expanding background checks, make gun trafficking and the purchase of firearms who are banned from owning them a federal crime, and to provide more money to schools to up security and other safety equipment. Personally, regardless of if one is for or against gun control, these measures seem like logical regulations to have on anything dangerous. However, once this measure passed the committee, the full Senate took into account this proposition.

The results of the study saw that Hispanics slightly reduced ownership in the second and third model, the northeast region had slightly lower odds compared to the South until the fourth model, and rural youth were noticeably more likely than urban youth to own but only in the first model (Johnson). Delinquency increased the odds of having a gun in the first model. Only three risk-protection variables were problems: having men in the family who carry guns and have friends who carry guns increased. Assaulted with a weapon was in the third model, which went up 2.8 times. Carrying a gun for protection had a big jump when placed into the fourth model and increased 50 times. Race, ethnicity and urban city were the only significant demographic controls. Across all four models, blacks and Hispanics were less likely than whites to own, and rural youth were more likely than urban youth

Handguns were used most often in homicides, most cases being in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s before falling to a low in 2008 (Cooper, et al.). Most gun involvement occurs with gang related activity, which increased from 73% in 1980 to 92% in 2008 (Cooper, et al.). The percentage of homicide victims killed with a gun increased with age of the victim until age 17, where it peaked at 79% and declined thereafter (Cooper, et al.). The sharp increase in homicides from the mid-1980’s through the early 1990’s, and much of the subsequent decline, is attributable to gun violence by teens and young adults (Cooper, et al.). From 1980 to 2008, more