Gun control has been a hot topic in the United States since the time Roosevelt was in office. Starting with Roosevelt where there were only two federal statutes, and going to the Clinton era and having two decades worth of policy and laws on firearms, firearm laws have changed drastically. But with Congress stepping in and getting help from state legislature, all the goals of having a gun safe world is being destroyed and being limited to three realistic goals such as reducing possession by high-risk people, restricting access from certain people, and using guns to stop top level offenders. Federal level firearm policy hasn’t really changed since the Brady Law and assault weapon restrictions in 1993. But none of these laws have changed the
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This is proven from people who are against gun control. This is because they are more involved than people who are for gun control. Crime can fluctuate depending on where you are and if you have a gun or not. If you have a gun you are more likely to see less crime. According to Vizzard “The undeniable fact is that violent crime rates and crime rates in general, declined between 1992 and 2012 in spite of the ever-increasing number of firearms in American society” (891). So the people during the period of 1992 – 2012 who owned a firearm saw less crime because they were able to properly defend themselves and their property unlike the people who did not own a …show more content…
If these three items that are listed were actually used by lawmakers when considering or writing out new gun laws, then the guns laws might actually make better sense. Better laws would help the public and would probably be more easily accepted by them as well. As was stated earlier, since public opinion plays a big role in what happens in the United States, if the public accepted reasonable changes to gun laws, the changes would be passed by the various legislators much easier. With the policies that are currently in place, there is an effective registration and licensing system in order to legally own a gun. As Vizzard states “An effective registration system allows police officers to make an instant determination of the legal status of the firearm, just as licensing allows instant determination of the legal status of the possessor” (901).
If a registration or licensing system did not exist, then more crime could be committed and police officers work would be ten times harder than they already do. But thanks to the registration and licensing system, law enforcement work load can be cut in half and legal owners can be weeded out from the illegal
This is proven from people who are against gun control. This is because they are more involved than people who are for gun control. Crime can fluctuate depending on where you are and if you have a gun or not. If you have a gun you are more likely to see less crime. According to Vizzard “The undeniable fact is that violent crime rates and crime rates in general, declined between 1992 and 2012 in spite of the ever-increasing number of firearms in American society” (891). So the people during the period of 1992 – 2012 who owned a firearm saw less crime because they were able to properly defend themselves and their property unlike the people who did not own a …show more content…
If these three items that are listed were actually used by lawmakers when considering or writing out new gun laws, then the guns laws might actually make better sense. Better laws would help the public and would probably be more easily accepted by them as well. As was stated earlier, since public opinion plays a big role in what happens in the United States, if the public accepted reasonable changes to gun laws, the changes would be passed by the various legislators much easier. With the policies that are currently in place, there is an effective registration and licensing system in order to legally own a gun. As Vizzard states “An effective registration system allows police officers to make an instant determination of the legal status of the firearm, just as licensing allows instant determination of the legal status of the possessor” (901).
If a registration or licensing system did not exist, then more crime could be committed and police officers work would be ten times harder than they already do. But thanks to the registration and licensing system, law enforcement work load can be cut in half and legal owners can be weeded out from the illegal