Police V. Guns On The Streets

* The U.S. doesn't even require a background check every time a gun is sold and allows the sale of assault clips holding more than 10 bullets. This makes it easy for dangerous people to get their hands on lethal firepower.

The store [selling the guns] then calls the FBI, which runs a background check on the person [trying to obtain a gun] through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, also known as NICS. The background check can

The United States is one of the few countries were the right to bear arms is protected by the constitution. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most violent with incidents involving guns this year reaching an estimated 36,212 and an approximate 9,050 deaths (“Gun Violence Archive”). There are an estimated 310 million firearms in households across American, these are only estimates because current gun laws do not require them to be registered or tracked. A more staggering estimate is that most of the guns owned by private citizens are semi-automatic guns, the same type of gun used in almost all mass shootings. While these privately owned guns are legally purchased, many times, they land in the hands of criminals, and owners never report them stolen. Mass shootings and gun crimes are not the only issues with gun violence the one never talked about is suicide, more guns available equals more suicides. The United States is one of the easiest countries to own a gun legally or illegally, stricter gun control laws are necessary.

Throughout the history of the United States of America there has been debate on gun control. The debate has become even more relevant as more semi-automatic assault rifles are being sold and the amount of shootings we have been having, especially in this last month. There are a variety of views one can take on this argument. Many conservatives have been saying that more gun control is not necessary as it’s not the guns killing the people, it’s the people pulling the trigger that are killing innocent lives. On the other hand, people who are more liberal would like to see legislation passed that would put control on the sale of firearms as keeping weapons out of the hands of dangerous people who will willingly pull the

There are not many restrictions on the distributions of guns. Guns are sold to any one

Laws have been put into place to help insure that guns are only sold to the people that are able to pass back ground checks. “With the 1994 Brady Handgun Violence and Prevention Act, Congress imposed a five-day waiting period on handgun purchases to allow law enforcement officers time to perform criminal background checks of potential buyers” (Front Line). This does not mean that guns do not fall into the hands of children and adults who are not lawfully registered to own them. There are guns shows that are held in almost any U.S. town at any given time, most of the dealers follow protocol but some do not. Pawn shops also buy and sell guns on a daily basis; most of these guys are just out to make a quick sell. They have no idea if the gun that they are buying was just used in a crime or not.

Guns in the U.S has been a problem for many years now. So much so that America is what comes to mind when people think about guns. America is the most known nation in the world when it comes to firearms, with citizens owning about an astonishing 270 million of the world’s 875 million firearms(Marshall). That is thirty percent on the world registered firearms. The reason why Americans own so may guns comes down to the second Amendment, which claims, “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” (Rauch) This grants the citizens from America the right to own and buy firearms. Since this amendment is vague, it comes down to

Because of the almost non-existing rules and regulations, it is very easy for someone to illegally acquire a gun. These people get guns either from a corrupt dealer, private gun sales or a method these criminals call-‘straw purchasing’, the most common way a criminal obtain firearms. This is when someone

Throughout the last two years there have been many police involved shootings where they have killed someone. Some say the cops where right and others say they were wrong in the situation. Are the police right in using deadly force instead of trying a different situation? When is it ok for police to use deadly force and are they right in doing so? In the past two years there have been multiple police shootings, which have been the main topic with police. Some have said that race has played a huge role in the recent shootings and blame racism on the deaths by the officers. In the recent cases it has been a white officer who has killed a black person. Who has the say in the case if the police made the right decision if

For instance, we all familiar with the gun shot in the Aoura movie theater back in 2012. In this tragedy, seventy people were injured and twelve died. The suspect James Eagan Holmes was carrying an M&P Rifle, a tactical shotgun, a handgun and two gas grenades. The federal law stated that once the buyer purchase guns twice or more times in five days, the seller should notify the police to check for any suspicious activity. However, record shows James Eagan bought his weapons in a month, which means he bought each weapon every week without alert the seller. Gun sources from military should be restricted because such weapons with massive destructions can easily bought in the U.S despite of the buyer’s background. James E. Holmes did not have a criminal background before he started his massacre. This could a dead in a heartbeat to the public. Restrictions on guns can also limit the gun sources that are leaked into

America is one of the few countries where the right to bear arms is constitutionally protected and is also considered to be one of the most violent among developed countries. One of the reasons being the easy access Americans have to firearms. Think about it, in order to get a driver’s license, you have to take a written test, get driving lessons and take and pass a driving test. If you want a gun however and you are at least eighteen, it’s as easy as going to the store and buying one. Though there are background checks in, in store purchase’s, denials are rare.

There is a wide assortment of regulations in various states to permit firearms approval. For instance, more than 66% of gun utilized as a part of a crime was in New York City - which is in a

Police brutality has been a very controversial matter these past few months, with citizens supporting those who claim to be victims, and others who don’t. Though most people have been supporting the victims, some people who don’t can agree that police having guns with them in a simple investigation is a little over done. There are many instances where an officer can be seen, from a citizen’s camera, approaching the door to ask about a crime that was committed in the neighborhood, only for the citizen to open the door, with their pet acting hyperactive and the animal is shot. Officers always respond with what seems to be the same response, “The officer had the right to protect himself.” Though this is true, pulling out a gun and shooting the unknowing animal is a little much, don’t you think? Usually right afterward, the officer tells the owner of the animal that their now dead pet will be picked up, then walks away. This is where the big question of this topic comes in, “Should Police Officers keep their guns at all times?” This includes stopping a car, investigating a house, and other seemingly not as dangerous tasks. Though I agree any officer should protect himself, I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks that the officers can and should use their Taser or Pepper-Spray to slow down the oncoming threat instead of simply pulling out their gun to kill the person or animal.

Arms trafficking also known as “Gun running,” is the means in which small arms are illegally transported into a wide range of different countries. Ranging from the US, China, Afghanistan, Africa all over the country this illegal activity takes place to support anything from civil unrest, a revolution, even full blown war. Most of the weapons are stock piles from past wars that are sold on the black market to whoever has the deepest pockets. There are also often times on the black market where people put up jobs to transport illegal weapons from point A to point B that are sold to the lowest bidder. These weapons range from small arms (revolvers and self-loading pistols, rifles and carbines, submachine guns, assault rifles, and light machine

Guns in general are moderated to the the people here in the U.S. A normal citizen who has no gun experience whatsoever can’t just go and buy a fully automatic weapon and shoot it. If a person wants to buy a gun of that sort he/she has to take special classes in order to receive a special license in order to be able to buy a weapon of that sort. That also goes for a person who wants to carry a pistol anywhere they go, they have to get a CHL(concealed handgun license) in order for them to be able to carry that handgun legally. On the other hand there is always a way of