Usa Vs Finland Research Paper

The U.S. makes up 5% of the world’s population, but owns between 35% and 50% of the world’s civilian firearms (Kiger, 2003). Yes Finland and Switzerland have high gun-ownership rates too but there crime rates are much lower and they enforce stricter gun control laws. For example, In Finland police have the authority to deny or revoke a person’s gun license if the applicant is convicted of a crime that they feel may imply they wouldn’t be a safe gun owner. They also don’t allow large-capacity magazines and any gun that is take outside of the owner’s home must be unloaded and stored in a locked cabinet. As a final note, Finland requires you to list your reason for gun ownership and they do not consider self-defense as a valid reason.

Finland and the USA have rather different animals from each other. Finland also has colder climate animals than the USA. First of all, Finland has wolverines. Wolverines are Europe's most rarest and largest carnivores. Finland is home to about 150-170 wolverines. However, the USA does not have this animals except in Alaska. The main reason of this is probably because of the fact that wolverines are very well adapted to northern climates. Wolverines can also move effortlessly through deep snow, so they are obviously built for snowy and cold climates. This is therefore a great reason for them to be found in Alaska. With that being said, even though that wolverines can be found in one of the USA’s states, Alaska, it can’t be found in it’s

The United States government is certainly better than totalitarian and authoritarian governments, and can be rated as one of the top countries for protecting individual rights and ensuring citizen political participation. The United States is a constitutional government so the individual liberties of the people are protected, and the government can not have complete control over everything because they too are confined by laws. This is unlike totalitarian governments that do not care or provide for individual rights and do not have anything confining them, so they are allowed to do whatever they like. Also, authoritarian governments do not allow citizen participation in government, while the United States does which makes our country freer

Often, detractors point to countries like Switzerland, which have high levels of gun ownership and low gun violence, as examples of why gun control is not needed. This, however, ignores the fact that while the Swiss do have many guns, they need a license to privately own a gun, they are not allowed to possess automatic weapons, and they are not allowed to publicly carry guns without a permit (Palmer, “Firearms-Control Legislation and Policy: Switzerland.”). The Swiss have been able to maintain a low-violence gun culture because of their sensible gun control laws.

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.

Although some people believe that inhabitants firearms ownership assurance security, national and international statistic demonstrate an opposite effect. United States, which has more arms per capita than any other country, displays the highest rate of firearm homicides and suicides among of the developed nations. Louisiana State, which has the most permissible weapon laws, show the highest rate of gun murders and suicides in U. S.; and the lowest rate is in California

America probably has the highest rate of gun ownership in the world. In Canada, the percentage of Canadian households with a rifle is approximately equal to the level in United States. According to the statistics of gun murder rates around the world from ‘Bowling for columbine’, America has 11,127 gun

Finnish law does not guarantee a person the right to private gun ownership, and only licensed firearm owners can purchase, own, or transfer a gun

According to the Second Amendment, it 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” (Lund and Winkler). With that said, most civilians do not possess firearms

The United States has been widely accepted as a country where anyone can come and make him or herself into something out of nothing. It is the self-proclaimed “land of the free and home of the brave”. While all these glorious statements about America were once true, sadly now they are false. Every year our International upward-mobility ranking regresses, meaning it is becoming harder and harder for Americans to move up the financial ladder. But how is it that a country that has the largest GDP can be outside the top 10 in upward-mobility? Why is it that the most powerful and wealthy country in the world doesn’t have free/universal healthcare? How is it that while other nations have begun promoting free college tuition we have refused to do so? This is because the United States does not have a welfare state like the Scandinavian countries do. The United States isn’t a welfare state because Americans have an irrational fear of becoming “socialist”. Ever since the Cold War Americans have had a baseless fear of anything that resembles socialism, claiming it is anti-American. Some of the people who live in constant terror of a socialist America are our right-winged conservatives who have went out of their way to make sure there is minimal government intervention in all aspects of our lives. This should be a good thing, right? The fact that the government doesn’t intervene in the affairs of its individual

America is a country, to put it frankly, that loves its guns. The right to bear arms is one solidified by this nation’s constitution, and many American’s exercise that right boldly. Just how many guns are available to Americans today? The ATF stated that as of 2009, the estimated total number of firearms available to U.S citizens was approximately 310 million: 114 million handguns, 110 million rifles, and 86 million shotguns (Krouse 1). With the US population currently at a little over 300 million people, this means that there is a gun for nearly every man, woman and child in our country. So there are a staggering number of guns in America, but what does this suggest? To reach a meaningful conclusion with this data, we must once again

Further, despite the fact that gun ownership in the U.S. increased enormously during the 1990’s, there was a consistent, dramatic reduction of criminal violence. In fact, homicide and violent crime have plunged over the last 15 years. Considering that 18 of 25 countries surveyed had an increase of violent crime, America’s large decline is impressive. Moreover, Norway, Finland, Germany, France, and Denmark also have a high rate of private gun ownership, and the murder rates in these countries are as low as or lower than developed nations with less gun ownership (Kates & Mauser, 2007).

Owning a gun is legal in the USA. Actually, it’s the second amendment. The USA has the highest civilian gun ownership rate in the world. US civilians own about 270 million guns, compared to about 3 million guns owned by the military and less than 1 million guns owned by the police, also in the USA. In 2009, gun deaths actually outraced motor vehicle deaths in 10 US states. The 20% of gun owners possess 60% of all guns in the USA.

*Comparing Norway and USA is quite difficult considering the significant size difference between the two, but I will try my best.

Other developed countries like Switzerland and Finland require gun owners to pass background checks including mental and criminal records along with other restrictions and requirements. In 2007, Switzerland ranked number 3 in gun ownership with 45.7 guns per 100 people and had only 24 gun homicides (0.31 deaths per 100,000 people) and 253 gun suicides (3.29 deaths per 100,000 people). Finland ranked fourth in gun ownership with 45.3 guns per 100 people and had just 23 gun homicides (0.43 deaths per 100,000 people) and 172 gun suicides (4.19 deaths per 100,000). The United States, on the other hand, rated number one in gun ownership with 88.8 guns for every 100 people, had 12,632 gun homicides (4.19 deaths per 100,000 people) and 17,352 gun