The goal of the “Eliminate Murder Insurance” campaign is to fight for the repeal of the National Rifle Association’s Carry Guard Insurance; the purpose of Carry Guard membership is to provide access to gun-owners who fire their weapons in disputes – specifically in “self-defense”. The main issue with this is that there is much ambiguity surrounding what constitutes self-defense, and what is cold-blooded murder. The Carry Guard insurance provides coverage for court costs, psychological services, bail
first illustrates the freedom to own firearms. The second view advocates the complete restriction of firearms owned by citizens, and the last one presents a modified freedom of possessing firearms. Each faction seeks to have its position supported by national legislation. One of the big supporters of owning firearms is The Future of Freedom Foundation, known as FFF, who wants the absolute right to own any weapon. Their reasoning is that people in America can only protect themselves from stronger dangers
Public policies are developed in response to the existence of a perceived problem or an opportunity. The analysis delves into a public issue or problem and assesses a set of proposed government action for addressing the issue. The job of the analyst is to describe the background and status of an issue and then, using research and analysis, determine a proper government action to resolve the issue. By comparing options and weighing their expected benefits, the analyst should conclude with a recommended
GUN CONTROL: OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS Introduction and Preliminary Research In a country where the people own more than 70 million handguns and perhaps one million automatic rifles and assault weapons, public opinion on gun control is understandably divided. Those opposed to gun control often cite the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, which appears to guarantee private citizens the unrestricted right to bear arms; less theoretical arguments include the practical need for self-defense
the National Rifle Association (NRA), and Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. The NRA is an interest group who believes in what the 2nd Amendment stands for. Brady Campaign believes in gun control and non-gun violence in America. These interest groups lobby to help persuade congress in their decisions in the legislative process. These groups are become involved through lobbying congress, acquiring membership and support, through media and issue advocacy. The National Rifle Association is a
Republican senator from Utah, Orrin Hatch, was handed the reigns of chairman of an important sub-committee. Senator hatch stated that he had discovered proof that individual citizens could rightfully own firearms under the second amendment. The National Rifle Association then began biased studies to corroborate with Senator Hatch’s opinion. After many disagreements and debates, Senator Hatch rose victorious. “Ban guns and only criminals will have guns, we are told (Milligan, Susan).” Mrs. Milligan has a
Gun Control Gun control is an action of the government that is supposed to reduce crime. Congress has passed many laws on this subject and there really has not been an effect. Gun control has been a controversial issue for years, but the citizens of the United States have a right to own guns and the Constitution states that. On the government's path to control guns they created the Brady Act. Handgun Control Incorporated is the major organization for lobbying, and introducing legislation on
In today’s time guns are being accused of killing humans, but is it the gun or the person behind the trigger? A question that could be asked is who is the killer the gun, or us? The laws now days are getting easier and easier when it comes to who can be an owner of a gun and who can 't. It is also easy to be an owner without a license. Prices of guns are going down. People can buy them for a little of nothing with no problem. It is very easy for the wrong person to get their hands on a gun and that
The fight over gun control in America has been an open-ended, heavily argued and very controversial issue in U.S. government for years. Although the pro-gun argument is reasonable, it treads a fine line of violating American individuals second amendment right to bear arms. Pro-gun government believes that stricter gun control laws will decrease the number of violent crimes committed in America, as well as prevent the access of guns to criminals and those who intend to do harm with them (Kleck, G
started the modern gun control debate. Lee Harvey Oswald bought the rifle used to kill President Kennedy via mail-order from a National Rifle Association magazine. Because of this, along with the mounting public outcry, the government began to move towards gun control. However, this movement faced opposition from some in the National Rifle Association or NRA. In 1974, after being a victim of gun violence, Dr. Mark B formed the National Center to Control Handguns (NCCH), the first true gun control advocacy