Americans for Gun Safety Foundation

The questions that surround the issues of gun safety have resurfaced again since the recent shootings in Arizona. (Luo) Are background checks enough to help prevent shooting violence? Do guns that have the capacity to fire several rounds without having to reload have any influence on the number of deaths that occur due to shootings? Should mental health be screened further as a preventative safety measure? It is suggested that perhaps we the American people will never know. According to scientists

firearms-related injuries. The American Public Health Association (APHA) released a study at their annual meeting stating that “the high figures underline the need to treat gun violence in the U.S. as a public health issue as well as a law enforcement challenge.” There are massive amounts of people that get hurt each year by guns, which puts a huge burden on our healthcare system. According to the American Public Health Association, “one out of every three patients hospitalized for gun injuries was uninsured

Within the past half-century, gun control has become a heated debate topic between Americans. The United States' Federal government should not increase gun control regulations. The second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution 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.” By this, it is understood that each citizen has the right to possess firearms and use them under the realms of a cautious

The Second Amendment of the US Constitution protects individual gun ownership. The Second Amendment of the US Constitution reads, "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." Gun ownership is an American tradition older than the country itself and is protected by the Second Amendment; more gun control laws would infringe upon the right to bear arms. Justice Antonin Scalia, LLB, in the June 26, 2008

2017 The Revolving Dilemma of Ethics in Gun Control The topic of gun control laws has risen to become one of the most controversial ethical issues of the twenty first century in the United States of America. The US is world-leading in terms of gun ownership, according to a 2012 Congressional Research Service report, per 100 residents there are “112.6, meaning there is more than one gun for each American citizen” (Krouse). This means that there are more guns in the US than in any other country, with

“Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness” (Jefferson). When these words were etched across a piece of parchment later dubbed the Declaration of Independence, it introduced a radically different idea as to how government would be formed

of people was killed by guns in general. As we all know gun violence in america has skyrocketed in the last couple years,thousands of people lost their lives to Mass Shootings to School shootings. To control guns and how they are used in america is a very controversial topic. I believe that to have better control of guns is to have better and more through background checks , to make major changes to gun laws and to help prevent deaths in the united states Crime with guns is a big problem in america

The United States has 88.8 guns per 100 people, or about 270,000,000 guns, which is the highest total and per capital number in the world. 22% of Americans own one or more guns (35% of men and 12% of women). America's pervasive gun culture stems in part from its colonial history, revolutionary roots, frontier expansion, and the Second Amendment, which 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

The function of guns in society is a very controversial topic that has long been debated. There are those who believe that guns have no purpose in the hands of private citizens and civilians. Whereas, others believe that guns are the very foundation that protects American’s rights and liberties stated in the Constitution. Under the second amendment that was ratified in the Supreme Court’s ruling in 1791, Americans have the right to bear arms at the level of an individual, not just the “well regulated

Gun control is not one issue, but many. To most people gun control is an issue of crime and to others it is simply a rights issue. Gun control is a safety issue, an education issue, and a racial issue. With all of these issues there are people who want more gun control and those who want less. On either side of these issues opinions range from average to severe. Arizona Gun Laws. State Constitutional Provision—Article 2, Section 26. This article discusses the overview of gun laws and Arizona’s status