...Legalization of drugs that don’t produce great harm would have a greater impact on the reduction of crime than greater gun control or tighter policing of urban areas. Stricter gun control, although an effective solution, would be difficult to implement in America. If done correctly, would take away a good amount of the firepower that those committing urban violence currently have. However, the above benefits could only be achieved assuming that that the proposed solution could be perfectly executed, leaving guns entirely out of reach for criminals. There are many barriers that exist in the United States in regard to guns that did not exist in the United Kingdom or Australia when they were undergoing gun reform. “Gun culture” in the US is very...
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...Gun violence in the United States may not be as sever as it once was, but it is again highly publicized because of the recent school shooting. With the recent mass murders that have happened in the United States, the question arises about how to prevent these acts from happening again. Some people believe that we should take away all guns while others believe stricter gun laws should be enacted. The purpose of this paper is to explore the gun control laws that we have in the United States as well as their effectiveness as a deterrent for gun violence. Another aspect that we will be looking at is whether stricter gun laws would help prevent gun violence any better. It is apparent that the gun control laws in the United States do not act as a...
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...How can we regulate the imagination of individuals intent on mass murder? Enacting stricter gun control laws will not ensure our safety from mass casualties; bombs or chemical weapons can do as much or more damage. Guns are only one weapon and they are currently the only ones we screen for at large events or places. Gun control laws will not stop mass murders since there are other weapons killers can and will choose. If gun owners are screened more thoroughly it will not stop people from using other weapons. In the article, PRO/CON: Is it time to pass tough gun control laws? It states that, “large events employ security guards armed with pistols and screen entrants with metal detectors.” This states that when people go to certain places or...
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...Gun Control: Stricter Gun Laws I think that we should have stricter gun law / gun control. Even though i don't think guns are completely bad, i still think we need stricter laws. I believe that guns don't kill people, people kill people. But i feel like just ANYONE can get a gun if they wanted to. So we can't blame the gun for everything, but i feel like the death (murder)/ suicide rate would go down. In 2010 there were 19,392 firearm related suicides and 11,078 firearm related murders in the US. In 2012 there were 6,371 suicides from a handgun and 8,855 total firearm related murders JUST in the US. In 2012 64% of all gun-related deaths were suicides. So the percentage of suicides from guns are going up. So that makes me think that the...
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...Gun related incidents have become a huge problem in America, and too many US citizens are losing their lives to guns. Guns take the lives of American citizens every day, from shooting massacres, to a child playing with a gun he had access to in his house. More people in America are killed by guns than terrorists. In fact over 30,000 people are killed by guns each year. Last year, only 17 people were killed by terrorist attacks (Terror). You can see that correlation on a daily basis as well. 3 people died in the Boston Marathon because of the terrorist attack staged there, that same day, in the U.S., 11 people were killed by guns (Terror). More American citizens are being killed by other American citizens armed to the tee, than by America’s common enemy. If you look at it that way it’s like we are doing the terrorist’s work for them. Every time there is a push to end gun violence there is an equal push back to keep things the same which...
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...Recently, a huge debate has come up about whether there needs to be stricter gun laws. This debate was heavily impacted by the recent shootings. Some believe that there should be stricter gun control and others believe there should not be. Many people are blaming these tragic events on the weapons and others think that the weapons don't kill the people behind the weapon do. Thesis: There does not need to be higher restrictions on guns because if someone can't get a gun legally they will get one illegally, guns are used for protection, and criminals target unarmed people. Advocates of increased gun control laws believe that by making it harder for people to obtain guns will decrease the number of shootings. The author of "It's time to ban guns. Yes all of them" states that, “It’s not about dividing society into “good” and “bad” gun...
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...power. ” (Gun Rights FAQ). As citizens of this country it is important the rights that the people have and their real history and meaning behind the rights. Stricter gun laws is negative because fewer people will own guns, which means people will have a hard time protecting themselves and will have fewer privileges hunting. Stricter gun laws may be a good idea but only if we had a low rate of crime and criminals wouldn’t be able to get their hands on any firearms (Pratt Web). If criminals were not so smart and there was no way criminal could be able to get a gun then the stricter gun laws would and could possibly work. Connecticut...
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...One of these arguments can be summarized by the following statement: enacting stricter gun control laws could block dangerous figures from committing violent acts with guns whilst still allowing reasonable gun owners to keep theirs for their own desired purposes. As Hillary Clinton states, “We can have common sense gun reforms that keep weapons out of the hands of criminals and the violently unstable while respecting responsible gun owners… The stakes are too high, the costs are too dear, and I am not and will not be afraid to keep fighting for common sense reforms, and along with you, achieve those on behalf of all who have been lost because of this senseless gun violence in this country” (ProCon.org, 1). As a matter of fact, according...
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...Conclusion and recommendations It has been concluded through research that there needs to be a change to the laws to allow more protection for the people. This will help prevent deadly shootings that have taken so many innocent lives. The people involved in the experiment agreed that something should be changed, and they feel people with mental illnesses need to have limited control of guns (3). Current gun control laws relating to mental illnesses are not very clear because states are not required to report mental health information to the agencies that perform background checks. There is also no standard on what information would need to be required to submit (5). Having stricter gun control laws towards people with mental illnesses or on the verge of a psychotic break, will help prevent public shootings....
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...Student’s name Professor’s name Course number Date Gun Control: Stricter Gun Control Laws The United States has fallen victim of crimes that heavily involves firearms and ammunitions. As a result, firearm control in the United States of America has happened to be a disputable issue over recent years, particularly in light of the late occasions of the Sandy Hook Elementary school, Northern Arizona University, Texas Southern University, and other numerous shooting incidents in American institutions. Gun control policies consist of laws and regulations that prevent citizens from owning illegal firearms (Carroll, 86). Also, the policies and regulations presented in the Gun Control Laws spreads it effects to the American citizens that manufacture, transport, possess, modify, and use any firearm. Some of the laws have very strict boundaries and limits on gun usage and possession. Some oppositions debate that the gun control policies do not provide protection to innocent civilians or the public. The pervasive gun ownership only increases the number of gun-related incidents in the United States of America. Opponents of the gun control law maintain an argument that the policies and regulations present in the gun control laws do not reduce crimes such as murder, suicide, and injuries that are related to illegal ownership of guns and ammunitions. Additionally, other oppositions argue that the regulations and policies in the gun control laws have a tendency to violate rights of individuals...
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...Numerous people nationwide believe that gun control laws as we know it are rending our country apart, and I know that stricter laws will not change what is going on all around us. While many people debate whether stricter gun laws will help reduce homicides, suicides, and mass shooting, I believe that making stricter gun laws will not change the horrific events that are going on. The state legislature should not change the gun laws because guns were an important pastime for some people and because if criminals want guns for crimes they will still be able to find a way to get them. Guns were and still are a very big part of growing up in rural America, and it is important that things don't change for them. An article in the New York Times states “But guns are important to the culture in my conservative community in Iowa, and people around here reject most gun control legislation.”(Leonard). This shows that a change in gun laws is not wanted around rural areas around the country. As you can also tell by the evidence it is important to the people that laws stay the same because it was an...
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...In “More Americans Want Stricter Gun Laws, Poll finds” Sam Fritzel, writes about how gun control play a major role in the 2016 campaign. Americans want stricter gun laws because of the mass shootings that been happening the last couple years. According to a Gallup poll, “55% of Americans say gun laws should be stricter.” three out of four democrats want stricter gun laws, so that number is 77 percent of them. 36 percent of people own a gun want stricter gun law, while only 27 percent of republican agree with that. Fritzel says, “Gun control advocates have become increasingly outspoken in recent years, particularly since the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting when 20 children were murdered at an elementary school. A bill that would have strengthened background...
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...could make the argument that stricter gun control laws will make society safer. That a decrease in crime, injury and death will make society safer. Now let us assume that hostile individuals seeking to commit crimes or harm others often use a gun to carry out their destructive objectives. One could argue that gun control laws would prevent hostile individuals from acquiring guns, and if we assume that these individuals would be less of a threat if they did not have a gun, then stricter gun control laws would make society safer. Now, let us assume that less strict gun control laws would result in more people carrying guns. It would then result in more criminals carrying guns because they feel that this is a necessary measure in order to adequately defend themselves from vigilante justice. If we say that more people and criminals carrying guns would result in more frequent gun-related deaths and injuries, then stricter gun control laws would again result in a safer society. Guns can be mishandled by their owners, which may result in the injury or death of the gun :owner or an unsuspecting, innocent individual. Statistics show that there is a correlation between the laxity of a country's gun laws and its suicide rate. Let’s say that individuals would be less successful in committing suicide if they did not have access to a gun, and that stricter gun control laws will make guns more difficult for individuals to obtain, and then stricter gun control laws would make society safer. So...
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...Marcos Saavedra Dr. Jonathan Sperry DSS 100 October/10/2014 Gun Control Stricter gun laws would be fundamental for ending violence on the world. Every day people all over the world die because of guns, people use the guns to create violence and commit crimes. Now in days, in many countries people can easily obtained guns without any problem, especially gang members. Individuals think that by having a gun, it gives them power over other people, this is why they are so dangerous, because when people feel having more power than other, they do what they want. Having stricter regulations in guns would definitely decrease the violence in the world and provide more peace. In America, more than 40 percent of the population own or have access to guns. Americans want to have stricter regulations for guns, but the problem is they don’t want to revoke “right to bear arms”. Which basically means that people have the right to own guns, and defend themselves. In 1999, a shooting in Columbine High School, terrified the citizens in the United States, and realize that more than 70 percent of the citizens wanted stricter gun control, as well 57 percent of the people who own guns, want more regulations against guns. A way not to inflict on the law of “right to bear arms” is to have a law were citizens that buy guns require background checks. This law would definitely decrease the number of deaths with guns, because the people who intend to commit a crime will not have the same freedom...
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...Stricter Gun Laws 2 Do you know how many firearms are owned by civilians in the United States? Roughly 300 million. Stricter gun control laws would allow fewer firearms on the streets. New laws are redundant, and make it harder to obtain firearms. It is our constitutional right to own firearms. My research will prove the primary right for citizens, to bare arms. Gun control laws should respect the nature that they were written in the U.S. constitution. Is a known fact that the harder you make something to get, the less there will be of what you're trying to obtain. There are many states and cities with very strict gun control laws. The city of Chicago has some of the most restrictive gun control laws in the nation. Up until a few months ago it was illegal for citizens to own or possess a firearm anywhere in the city. According to the officer down memorial page, the city of Chicago had five police officers killed in the line of duty this year. Four of those were killed by gunfire. Yes, stricter gun control laws would prevent more guns in the hands of citizens or criminals but as we see in Chicago and many other states in cities, stricter gun control laws only help the criminals, and make the crime rate skyrocket. New laws that are trying to be passed are redundant and make it harder to obtain firearms. As a gun owner myself, I think the laws are tough enough as they Stricter Gun Laws 3 stand. Currently before licensed firearms dealer sell a firearm...
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