Gun Control Arguments

Jill Silos-Rooney’s current professional associations include Bethel Woods Center for the Arts., MassBay Community College, and Oxford University Press. She begins her article, “The Top 3 Liberal Arguments for Gun Control”, with an anecdote about a nine-year-old girl who accidentally killed her gun instructor with an Uzi and proceeds to list off two counterarguments and rebuttals and three assertions for gun control in her Thought Co. article, covering what she believes the best arguments for said gun control are. Her strongest pieces of evidence that support her central claim that “America Needs More Gun Control” (page 1) are “Australia, which has a similar frontier history to that of the United

The argument on firearm regulation has been a heated discussion for many years. On one side of the debate, we have people in favor placing restrictions on guns, while, on the opposite end of the spectrum, we have people fighting the regulation of guns. People in favor gun restrictions believe gun control can reduce crime ,while, the people against gun control believe having the right to bear arms is an effective crime deterrent. I believe that every law abiding citizen should be able to carry a gun and defend themselves against people who intend to harm them.Gun control laws are simply

Gun control laws should regulate production, distribution, ownership and use of firearms by civilians. Gun control laws are not intended to dispossess law abiding citizens of licensed firearms but to intervene on reckless use of firearms that cause harm to the public. Gun control should also make it difficult for criminals to access firearms. Armed civilians have in many instances deterred acts of crime from being instigated by scaring away criminals. Nonetheless, gun laws can only be described as immensely lax. This essay seeks to argue for the enactment of strict gun control laws by highlighting the dangers posed by guns in the hands of members of the public.

Two of these primary groups are the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the Gun Owners of America (GOA). The NRA is a national group that has made it their absolute goal to “Protect the Second Amendment at All Costs.” This particularly group believes that every law-abiding citizen should be able to easily obtain a lethal weapon. This belief of the NRA’s is extremely wrong for many reasons. By allowing people easy access to lethal weapons, many people can be psychologically unsound to hold a gun. For example, the reader may have a detrimental mental illness that would prohibit them from making sound choices. The reader may not necessarily be a criminal or have a criminal record so nothing would show up on the background check. This shows a flaw in the current system and provides proof that psychological testing needs to be mandatory in the process of obtaining a lethal weapon. The NRA also has a massive influence over our current government system. This group has many participants who are active members in Congress and former presidents such as Ronald Reagan and George Bush. The question is raised, if such a large group has such a massive impact on our government activities, should we trust them?” Currently, the NRA is attempting to repeal the ban on assault weapons. The other group, the GOA, has also made its goal to fight against gun control. This group primarily focused on the effects of media and how books and articles can affect one's thinking. Although these two massive gun control groups are present in America, pro-gun control groups also exist. The Handgun Control group has successfully passed laws that prohibit the sale of interstate handguns and prohibiting assault weapons. The most notable act that happened from the Brady Bill. The Brady Bill created the system of background checks that helped curb the illegal purchase of weapons (An Updated

One side feel it is treacherous to take away a man's entitlement to have guns while others are of the view that gun control is an important thing for security. Some individuals feels that gun control won't help stop wrongdoing either. At any rate you take a gander at it, guns have turn into one of the primary driver of death in the United States. Gun control won't help, for it is the individuals that ought to be rebuffed not

Original: A study shows that “46% of gun owners report that their primary reason for owning a firearm is for protection against criminal victimization” (Wallace 158). This statistic is one main reason why gun control should be limited. If America were to take away the right to bear arms, nearly half of all people who own guns would lose their sense of security in their own home, town, and country. Esposito and Finley quote a policer office from 2013 saying “simply calling 911 and waiting is no longer your best option” (86). This isn’t because the police force doesn’t do their job well, but because criminals in the twenty first century are merciless and don’t allow time for cops to come save the day.

Although many credible statistics have come in favor of the mandated integration of gun control, many have fought to keep the killing machines that are firearms, though to no statistical avail. One of the most heard of arguments is that “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” but that faulty logic only sheds light to the fact that hundreds of people who could be considered mentally unstable have had easy access to firearms which in turn have caused the deaths of innocent women and children. One such statistic is that by Agresti, James D. a noted statistician which shows that

What death-causing objects should we eliminate from our society? According to Webster’s Dictionary, Gun Control is the ability to manage a firearm. Firearms can be effectively disguised, so they are the weapons for individuals who decide to utilize them for self-protection. Tragically, they’re likewise the weapons for lawbreakers. Firearms are simple for culprits to take, firearms can be accessible on the underground market; this settles attraction for murders. Most of law violations are submitted with the utilization of a firearm; this is a genuine issue in America today. Most would say that something must be carried out; nobody appears to have the answer as of right now. Some weapon control supporters accept that totally banning handguns

How can your argument for no gun laws be "protection" when its the very thing killing us? There is also an ongoing point to go against gun laws for what I believe is myth that is, "Guns don’t kill people, people kill people." If that were true how does that explain accidental death and injury with all age groups, but especially children. For the kids who are too young to know what they are doing or just figure there is no bullets in the gun when they point and shoot someone, how can we still hide behind the lie that people are the reason guns are bad. Now that brings us to what people also say to go against gun laws, "Gun control doesn’t work because criminals don’t follow laws." If we were to base every law on that reasoning, then we would

Different people have different opinions on the topic of bearing weapons. Some people believe that owning of weapons such as guns is good because it will help them against criminals while others feel that they should be banned. However, in June 2008, in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, the United States Supreme Court ruled that people were allowed to keep guns for self-defense (Neily III, 2010). This was one of the most important rulings on gun rights since the adoption of Second Amendment in 1791 on Bill of Rights. The second Amendment of United States Constitution states that in a Free State, peoples’ right to bear and keep arms shall not be infringed. There have been many cases when the court has been engaged in interpreting the

First, I believe that how guns are used is up to the person holding it. Guns can't do anything by themselves, it is the person who has the gun that decides where it shoots. Gun control will not stop or help to prevent violence; an aggressive person does not need a gun to be violent, there are many other ways for one person to hurt another person. Taking guns away from all people will not make the violent ones less violent. It may even make them more violent than they already are. Violent people will always find a way to be violent. Taking guns away from everyone does nothing to prevent people from the possibility of being hurt, robbed, and killed by others. I believe that gun control will not last as we have already had something similar to

Due to the increasing number of senseless public shootings involving multiple victims, the controversy between supporters and non-supporter of stricter gun control laws are at an all-time high. The key reason why there has not been a sway in either direction is that there are too many unanswered questions in the argument for or against gun control. Since gun control is such a broad topic, if the argument was narrow down than those in favor of stricter gun control laws would have a chance of persuading the majority. By hindering or prohibiting the purchasing or owning of handguns by civilians, multiple, pointless deaths are avoided. Furthermore, arguments such as people are to blame and guns are the most controllable would fall apart and even the Second Amendment could not back the rebuttal.

The gun control debate in the US is often contentious and politically divisive. And with upcoming elections always looming in the near future, we will continue hearing a great deal from the media as well as politicians about what should or should not be done about “too many guns” in our society. Unfortunately, too many Americans do not take time to truly understand the issues and the reasoning behind both sides of the controversy. To help get a clearer perspective of the problem, there are two very short, but well written pro/con pieces, regarding the debate, by Mitch Albom and Thomas Sowell. Each presents his own rationale for what should be done about gun control.

Friends, family or acquaintances are perished everyday due to ruthless killers. What interested me the most about this article is how a "mother" can get the courage to kill her own daughters. This is shocking to me because the woman just killed her daughters like it was nothing, she forgot that she carried them for 9 months and raised them to be the best that they could. The recent controversy on gun laws have also intrigued me to read this article. There are shootings and deaths happening every week, and something has to be done. I stand by the Second Amendment; I believe that people should have the right to bear arms, but I also believe that there should be stricter gun laws. This was a terrible day for friends and families of Madison and

Gun laws have been a big part our history but because it was use inappropriately gun control was created.guns are weapons that can take lives away instantly .guns have been apart of of american society since the arrival of the first european settlers .arms are part of this culture and history.and has been passed down to generations to generations.In the article Jonah goldberg believes that this has been going on for years the arguing on gun laws. The massive shootings have some part to do with this i feel like all the massive shootings like the Las Vegas shooting or the slaughter at a texas church on a sunday has to do with guns or armed weapons. Jonah goldberg believes that it doesn't matter what kind of weapon it is its still considered a