Gun Control Necessity

The United States contains 5% of the world’s population. However, our nation covers 35-50% of the world’s civilian-owned guns, is ranked first for firearms per capita, and holds the highest homicide rate among all other nations of wealth and democracy at 88.5% (Masters). Such high rates and loose restrictions are bound to lead to tragedy. We will not sit here and make excuses, we will not allow power in the hands of insanity, and we will not allow the safety of our children to be hindered. After each tragedy that has struck, we have failed to successfully improve gun control. As of now, we hold no federal law banning semi-automatic assault weapons, just like the weapons used in the Las Vegas massacre, resulting in

Laws regulating the use of guns in America have been a hot topic for years. Media coverage of mass shootings, acts of terrorism in and outside of the United States, and stories of families being murdered in the night has resulted in a desensitized, or perhaps, overly sensitized nation. People are scared and have centered their idea of safety on one of two main approaches: creating stricter gun laws so less crime occurs, or taking away gun restrictions so everyone can protect themselves against crime. Policies stemming from these vantage points begin by the agenda set by pertinent support and opposition groups, reflecting these approaches.

It appears as though the repetitive and unfortunate tragedies of mass shootings have become incorporated into the everyday life of American culture. We are forced to live in a heightened degree of fear, skepticism, and hesitation concerning our public safety. This phenomenon could reasonably occur in response to the vast ineffectiveness of the country’s current gun laws. Time after time similar misfortunes arise, yet few major changes are implemented to prevent them from reoccurring in the future. We cannot let this trend continue any further. Though some claim that increased gun control is useless and infringes upon the Second Amendment, it limits civilians’ weapons grade, obstructs those deemed unfit to wield such lethal weapons, and insures a greater level of security, thus it should be executed.

With an increase in the number of mass shootings that have occurred in the United States in the last few years the issue of gun control laws has become a prevalent topic of debate throughout American society. This debate stems from two opposing arguments over gun control. Some feel gun control laws are fair and not the contributing factor to these mass shootings, whereas, others feel that there is an urgent need for strict laws in order to end the problem of mass shootings. There are numerous pros and cons to the enforcement of stricter gun control laws but we must note a few things: stricter gun control laws would interfere with the second amendment, it is not the gun that kills it is the individual, and it is ultimately not laws that are

Viettes,Vernick, and Webter include in their journal that, “ Despite the magnitude of the problem, US gun policy rarely considers appropriate criteria for disqualifying someone from lawfully possessing a firearm,” concluding that there are laws for potential gun owners, but they are what they state as least stringent. They also stated that nearly three of ten gun offenders (73 of 253 or 28.9%) were legal gun possessors but would have been prohibited from purchasing or possessing firearms when committing their most recent offense if their states had stricter prohibitions. Offenders who were already prohibited under current law acquired their gun from a licensed dealer, where a background check is required, five times less often than offenders who were not prohibited. Their conclusion from their results states that “Stricter gun ownership laws would have made firearm possession illegal for many state prison inmates who used a gun to commit a crime. Requiring all gun sales to be subject to a background check would make it more difficult for these offenders to obtain guns.” Laws that are current now for gun laws are Federal law disqualifies certain groups of high-risk individuals from owning guns, including felons, fugitives, unlawful users of or those addicted to controlled substances, those who have been ‘adjudicated as a mental defective’ or committed to a mental institution, individuals who have been dishonourably discharged from the armed forces, persons subject to certain domestic violence restraining orders, persons less than the age of 18 years (for handguns) and domestic violence misdemeanants. Federal law does not set a minimum age requirement for the legal possession of long guns. Some ways we could help our gun laws rather than take them away

Gun regulation has been a controversial topic since they were first established as a weapon. People for and against gun regulation provide strong arguments for their side. Gun regulation has fluctuated over time due to changes in office. Being a democracy prevents us from having consistency. As a nation we continue to change regulations on guns because of the different views our democracy allows us to have. The main aspects pose the most problems in gun control are violence, illegal sale of guns, and mental health checks.

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.

Under the Gun Control Act of 1968, federal law defined independent sellers as anyone who sold no more than four firearms per year. The 1986 Firearm Owners Protection Act lifted that condition and defined private sellers as people who do not rely on gun sales as a way of making their living. Some states have background checks at gun shows for any sort of gun transaction. According to the Law Center for to Prevent Gun Violence, an estimated 40% of all firearms moved in the United States are transferred by unlicensed individuals. Universal background checks should include all private sales of guns. Federal law does not do enough to protect the citizens because about 96.1% of prisoners purchased a gun through an unlicensed private seller. When private sellers do not run background checks, dangerous people can easily buy a

We have all heard of all the tragedies throughout the country regarding guns. According to the President (2013) "We know that we cannot stop every act of violence with guns, but what if we tried to stop even one?" Weapon controls in the U.S. is structured at a state level and each state has their own restrictions on gun control. In different parts of the nation, there is significantly more resistant to firearm laws. For instance, in Texas, the gun law permits individuals to carry handguns on their side like in the cowboy era. In Kansas, firearm owner is not required to have a permit to concealed weapon. In Missouri there is not required that a gun salesman to have a background check or a waiting period. However, there is a requirement to take a gun class, once you pass the class a buyer can purchase a gun then register it with the sheriff department. In California a person can petition the court to remove a firearm from a family member capable of violence.

Anyone at the right age can purchase a weapon if a background check is passed, but it only checks for any past crimes committed so a previous criminal offense will prevent a person from purchasing a weapon but it doesn't check for any signs for a potential criminal. But if there was more of a control on who can purchase a

Regulation of guns is a necessary action that needs to be taken in order to

The issue of gun control is a sensitive topic for many Americans including advocates for the protection of the civil liberty to maintain and possess firearms and proponents of legislation to encourage necessary government intervention in the manufacturing, sales, and possession of guns and firearms. While pro-gun advocate continue to argue for the adherence and protection of the Constitution’s second amendment, gun control proponents stress the importance of the government’s responsibility to ensure domestic

When someone purchases a new firearm they almost always will get a background check. They will have to sign a bunch of papers saying that they are in fact responsible enough to handle that firearm and usually after that they 'll be on their way. Although this process runs perfectly for the majority of people, history has proved that this process is no longer safe to use. There are too many mentally unstable people in this world that have a clean record and a new purchasing system in necessary to prevent these kinds of people from having access to firearms.

While some people think gun control is necessary the U.S.A does not need it while some, think that gun control laws should be more strict because they think that guns are the problem with all the crimes going on.

Thought the United Stated of America only 8 states legally require individuals to undergo background screenings before purchasing a handgun, however federally every store that is federally licensed firearm dealers is required to give any individual looking to buy a gun a background screening. Many states have put in place background checks to save lives and prevent guns from getting in the hands of uneducated people studies found that 93 percent of Americans including 83 percent of gun owners and 72 percent of the NRA members support criminal background checks for all gun sales. (Every town) Over 160,000 people are denied a gun purchase every year (the trace) individuals can fail a background check for many different reasons. If an individual has been convicted of a domestic violence crime they are unable to legally own a