The Importance Of Gun Control In The United States

The Second Amendment states, “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.” In other words, people should freely be able to access guns, in order to keep our country safe. “464,033 total gun deaths occurred from 1999-2013. There were 270,237 suicides, 174,773 homicides, and 9,983 unintentional deaths. Firearms were said to be the 12th leading cause of all deaths. Guns were the leading cause of death by homicide (66.6% of all homicides) and suicide (52.2% off all suicides)” (Should More Gun Control Laws Be Enacted in

Gun control has been a debated, revisited and revised issue for more than a century in the United States. Recently, after several mass shootings in the United States, gun violence issues are; yet again, renewed and in the forefront for the United States. This paper will consist of insight on gun violence in the United States and the newly imposed gun control policies by President Obama; along with, the arguments for and against the new policies and what roles both the formal and informal actors have played in the resolve of this; once again, disturbing issue.

Imagine this: you are in World History class at your high school almost falling asleep learning about Ancient China. It is a normal day for you and your classmates, until you hear an announcement from the principal. You expect the typical lockdown drill, but this situation is far from typical. A man with a gun breaks into your school. BANG! Several of your classmates are killed before this man can be controlled. You survive, but live the rest of your life thinking back to that day and wonder if you could’ve done anything differently. What you should be asking yourself is how did this crazy man get a gun? Although this situation is hypothetical, it has occurred several times in the United States. This is due to the loose gun laws of the United States. The Second Amendment protects the right for all citizens to have guns to form militias and fight against a tyrannical government. While this was built into the original constitution, it is causing many unnecessary problems in the U.S. today. Also, this definition carries little weight with militias no longer existing today. The United States should reassess gun control laws, resulting in decreased gun violence, and ultimately saving countless innocent lives.

The second amendment gives people the right to own a firearm. The founding fathers might have thought a gun was the best form of protection but many years have past since then and humans have evolved. Times are different and society is different. Technology has a big impact on people and how we think and all those variables can affect people with how they react in stressful situations. We have to consider the mental stability of those in possession of the weapons, it is important to keep the weapon away from loved ones or other people, and is the law protecting those in possession of the weapons or putting lives in more danger.

It feels like every day, countless news stations, websites, and social media users break the tragic story of yet another mass shooting in the US, a fact that is shared by almost no other developed countries. Clearly there is something anomalous about the U.S., why else would the U.S. be the only country where this regularly happens? The answer lies in one key difference between the United States and other developed countries, its policies on gun control and ownership. The 2nd amendment to the United States Constitution states, essentially, that every US citizen has the right to own guns, and that the United States Government may not infringe upon those rights. The truth of the matter is that controlling American Citizen’s access to firearms is the only solution to the undeniable issue of mass shootings and gun related homicides, a fact that is backed up by the example of several other developed countries, in which guns are controlled and incidents of gun homicide and mass murder are far less common than they are in America. Controlling guns in America is a task that has been halted numerous times by the antiquated constitutional stance on American armament, and is the only sensible option for lessening the atrocious tragedies that are seen so often on U.S. soil.

Throughout the past few years, disturbing amounts of mass shooting have occurred in the United States. This is paired with the fact that gun ownership in the United States stays significantly higher per capita as compared to any other developed nation. Lastly, statistics from these tragedies evidenced that most of the weapons used are legally obtained, high volume weapons. It remains clear that as a country we cannot stay at the top in gun-ownership, and consequently have mass shootings decrease. We must examine ways that regulating gun ownership can prevent tragedies.

There also should be stricter gun laws in the country. In the book, “The Spiral Notebook” by Stephen and Joyce Singular, the authors refer to James Holmes, the theatre shooter in Aurora, Colorado and state that, “With just one of his guns, the AR-15, he’d fired thirty rounds in twenty-seven seconds” (Page 27). AR-15s should not be so easily available to any American. There should be stricter gun laws and background checks for these types of guns. Banning AR-15s would help with this problem. Also there should be a federal law requiring longer wait periods to purchase any firearms and conducting background checks for everyone in every state.

Gun control, a very controversial topic that is very important in the United States. Well, why is controversial? To put it simply, it is because we can't seem to agree on how to control guns. The ownership of guns in the United States stems back since its inception, where the founding fathers granted citizens the right to bear arms. Since then, the government has implemented laws and protocol to keep guns out of reach from dangerous people who may use them in ways that put innocent lives in danger. Still, though, in many cases, these efforts are not enough. We still have high amounts of gun-related deaths when compared to other developed countries, and guns are also the leading cause of homicides. So, the gun control itself is absolutely

Do you think Gun control is a really important problem in this world? well first let me explain what it is. Its a domestic regulation of firearm manufacture, trade, possession, use, and transport, specifically with regard to the class of weapons referred to as ( pistols, rifles and carbines, assault rifles, submachine guns and light machine guns).Usage of the term gun control is sometimes politicized.Some of those in favor of legislation instead prefer to use terms such as "gun-violence prevention", "gun safety", "firearms regulation", "illegal guns", or "criminal access to guns".

This paper explores how policy has transform gun control in the United States since the implementation of the New Deal in 1933. The policy overview will include the National Firearms Act, the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, and the most recent Obama’s executive order to reduce gun violence. The policy overview will also include interest groups and evaluate how they influence the policy making process. This paper will also discuss if each interest group works on the national/ sub national level, how they are funded, if they advocate directly to the United State legislative bodies or use the grass roots approach, and what incentives each group offers for membership. All of this will lead into the research

Should there be gun control laws either on state and federal level? According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 467,321 people were victims of a crime committed with a firearm in 2011. Americans nowadays are faced with constant terror in the streets, teen-age gang members are constantly shooting other gang members for “turf” to sell drugs or show their power to rival gangs, children are more than likely to be caught in the crossfire of gang related shootings or drive-by shootings. We can’t ignore these crimes and the damage it has done to our society in a whole. However, the effort by some individuals to eliminate the legal ownership of firearms does not address the real problem we face, and by doing away with the banning of

Year through year many American citizens have the accessibility to have a gun. According to the Second Amendment of The Constitution, all citizens of the United Sated have the right to bear arms “Guns”, but there is always people who are against gun control, basing their opinion on accidents of people who are murder by a gun. Their Argument is the fact that they have to protect their families. However, gun control is not the only reason of all these accidents, they can also be use for good, for self-defense, hunting and sporting activities. American’s should have a better gun control so that the citizens who decide to bear arms, have better instructions of how to use it and if he/she has the opportunity to save someone else’s life why not do it.

Gun-control, it's a topic that has been argued for quite some time now. And in the last couple weeks it's been blowing up. After the Parkland school shooting on February 14th, 2018 the United States was filled with shock. There was an uproaring of people who believed that guns should be banned and they stormed the capital trying to start a movement. The two political parties that are mostly involved in this are the Liberals and Conservatives. Most liberals believe that gun should be completely banned, at least automatic rifles (which they are). This caused major controversy in the United States because the people who own guns don't want them taken away. Conservatives believe that taking away the right to own a gun won't help at all, and they’re kind of right. Most mass shootings that occurred in the

Did you know that approximately 2 million handguns are sold in the United States each year? In the United States more than 30,000 lives are taken each year due to firearms. Consequently, the U.S has the highest number of deaths caused by guns compared to other countries such as Japan who has less than 50 annually, Germany who has less than 150 and Canada who has less than 200 deaths. What is the reason for such a difference in the numbers? Japan, Germany and Canada are countries that have stricter gun control laws than in the United States.

The production, sale and possession of assault weapons for private citizens should be prohibited in the U.S. Calculations prove suicide rates would decrease by at least 20% if this ban were brought into action. Individuals in the U.S. would be safer with the ban on guns because many children would not have guns or firearms in their home, decreasing the risk of school shootings, suicides and life threating accidents.