Identifying the Issue
Late at night on July 20, 2012, an eager crowd of roughly four hundred people streamed into a Century 16, movie theater in Aurora, Colorado to watch a midnight screening of the film, The Dark Knight Rises – the third movie of the new batman trilogy. Unnoticed by everyone else, one of the roughly for hundred people, James Eagan Holmes, a 6’3” male at the age of 25, also purchased his ticket and sat in the front row of the theater. About twenty minutes into the film, James rose out of his seat and left the building through an emergency exit that he propped open with a plastic, tablecloth holder. Ten minutes slipped by and the audience, completely captivated by the movie, thought little of James’ strange actions. Then, …show more content…
People from both ends of the political spectrum despise guns in such a way that they believe taking away guns from law abiding citizens will make the world a safer place in which to live. Others contend that, in many cases, making it easier for citizens to own guns will discourage criminals from attacking others. In order to find the solution to this ongoing debate, we will look into the history, statistics, and general facts about how gun control affects crime …show more content…
Often they will have issues with logical errors, weighted data, and insufficient sample sizes. However, if many studies yield the same results, and if there is not viable research that shows why said statistics are in error, one should consider using those statistics when placing their judgment. In the case of gun control, most evidence indicates a higher crime rate as a result of more gun control.
Facts about Gun Control
From 1976 to 2008, the District of Columbia enforced a handgun ban on its residence. During this time, the murder rates rose an astonishing 73% higher than they were before the law was enacted. The murder rate for the rest of the United States on average, however, dropped 11%.
Britain, in the year 1997, passed a law that ordered citizens to turn over almost all handguns to the authorities. Using a national registry of firearms, the British government was able to hunt down all but eight legally owned handguns. After the law had been enacted and enforced, the murder rate increased by 15%. This does not include the rate of increase attributed to a similar law enacted in Britain during the year of
Late at night on July 20, 2012, an eager crowd of roughly four hundred people streamed into a Century 16, movie theater in Aurora, Colorado to watch a midnight screening of the film, The Dark Knight Rises – the third movie of the new batman trilogy. Unnoticed by everyone else, one of the roughly for hundred people, James Eagan Holmes, a 6’3” male at the age of 25, also purchased his ticket and sat in the front row of the theater. About twenty minutes into the film, James rose out of his seat and left the building through an emergency exit that he propped open with a plastic, tablecloth holder. Ten minutes slipped by and the audience, completely captivated by the movie, thought little of James’ strange actions. Then, …show more content…
People from both ends of the political spectrum despise guns in such a way that they believe taking away guns from law abiding citizens will make the world a safer place in which to live. Others contend that, in many cases, making it easier for citizens to own guns will discourage criminals from attacking others. In order to find the solution to this ongoing debate, we will look into the history, statistics, and general facts about how gun control affects crime …show more content…
Often they will have issues with logical errors, weighted data, and insufficient sample sizes. However, if many studies yield the same results, and if there is not viable research that shows why said statistics are in error, one should consider using those statistics when placing their judgment. In the case of gun control, most evidence indicates a higher crime rate as a result of more gun control.
Facts about Gun Control
From 1976 to 2008, the District of Columbia enforced a handgun ban on its residence. During this time, the murder rates rose an astonishing 73% higher than they were before the law was enacted. The murder rate for the rest of the United States on average, however, dropped 11%.
Britain, in the year 1997, passed a law that ordered citizens to turn over almost all handguns to the authorities. Using a national registry of firearms, the British government was able to hunt down all but eight legally owned handguns. After the law had been enacted and enforced, the murder rate increased by 15%. This does not include the rate of increase attributed to a similar law enacted in Britain during the year of