Regulation of firearms has been a heated topic for debate amongst proponents and opponents towards the same. There has been a rising rate in crimes and occasionally gun-related incidents which have constantly been ignited the issue on gun control as an effective measure towards reducing these negative aspects in society. Various debates have been raised over the attribution as to whether the ownership of guns by citizens should be regulated to enhance on safety issues that have been arising through time. Essentially, gun control is a critical and serious topic which deserves fundamental attention towards realizing an effective measure to be adopted (Blocher, 296). Society has been deteriorating over the rise in crimes as individuals get hold
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For every 100 people in America, 88.8 guns are owned, marking an estimation of about 270,000,000 guns being owned by the civilians. Generally, around 23% of Americans own guns with 125 being women and 35% being men. The gun culture in America originates from the early colonial history, frontier expansions, revolutionary roots, and the Second Amendment stating: ‘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.’ (Blocher, 298) Essentially, those agreeing with this prospect note that the Second Amendment was geared towards militias as a means of reducing gun violence by considering the fact that gun restrictions have been there, and that majority of the American citizens were in support of the new gun restrictions. However, the opposing views conceptualized that the Second Amendment aims at protecting the rights of individuals owning guns while noting the need for gun-ownership as a defense measure from local to foreign criminals and that owning guns among citizens significantly deters rising crime rates (Blocher, …show more content…
Johnson following the increased rates of assassination. The Firearms Owners’ Protection Act of 1986 acknowledged selling of guns away from the listed address on licenses by gun dealers, limited the number of inspections which could be performed with no warrant by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, removed positioned requirements that gun dealers be keeping track of their ammunition sales, and prevented the maintaining of database of gun dealers’ records by the federal government (Blocher, 305). Various gun control laws have been adopted over time with the latest laws being executed by President Barrack Obama which called for an expansion in background checks, an increase in mental health care funding, addition of 200 ATF agents, new requirements to reporting of gun thefts, and increased training towards detecting and preventing more gun causalities from cases involving domestic
For every 100 people in America, 88.8 guns are owned, marking an estimation of about 270,000,000 guns being owned by the civilians. Generally, around 23% of Americans own guns with 125 being women and 35% being men. The gun culture in America originates from the early colonial history, frontier expansions, revolutionary roots, and the Second Amendment stating: ‘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.’ (Blocher, 298) Essentially, those agreeing with this prospect note that the Second Amendment was geared towards militias as a means of reducing gun violence by considering the fact that gun restrictions have been there, and that majority of the American citizens were in support of the new gun restrictions. However, the opposing views conceptualized that the Second Amendment aims at protecting the rights of individuals owning guns while noting the need for gun-ownership as a defense measure from local to foreign criminals and that owning guns among citizens significantly deters rising crime rates (Blocher, …show more content…
Johnson following the increased rates of assassination. The Firearms Owners’ Protection Act of 1986 acknowledged selling of guns away from the listed address on licenses by gun dealers, limited the number of inspections which could be performed with no warrant by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, removed positioned requirements that gun dealers be keeping track of their ammunition sales, and prevented the maintaining of database of gun dealers’ records by the federal government (Blocher, 305). Various gun control laws have been adopted over time with the latest laws being executed by President Barrack Obama which called for an expansion in background checks, an increase in mental health care funding, addition of 200 ATF agents, new requirements to reporting of gun thefts, and increased training towards detecting and preventing more gun causalities from cases involving domestic