As of right now, the United States has few rules and regulations when it comes to obtaining a firearm when in comparison to other countries. America also has the highest rate of crime and violence with firearms and still remains lose on the laws that control them. I believe we need stricter laws when dealing with who and how someone can own and obtain a firearm because of the mass amounts of gun related violence in America. However, what is gun control? What does gun control even entail? Will it ever become a reality in the United States? Gun control as a term in the U.S. is defined as “any action taken by the federal government or by state or local governments to regulate, through legislation, the sale, purchase, safety, and use of handguns
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There is the idea to adapt these stricter laws to help cut down on the amount of gun related violence in the United States. In the United States federal law may stop someone from having a gun or carrying one in public but it really is up to which state you live in whether you can carry a firearm in public. Even with some of these open carry permits they will not count in other states. This is not always true but there is some regulation about where and when you can openly carry a firearm. If the second amendment does include carrying in public, what laws can we put on the carrier or if it doesn’t apply what is stopping us from enacting the laws Australia …show more content…
There is a push to lift the twenty year ban on federal research of gun violence, because of recent events and the outcries of citizens (Lytle). The problem is the belief it will affect gun owners during the research. If the research did try to see the effect of gun control it would be necessary to look at banning certain firearms and increasing the process of obtaining firearm. This can cause some distress amongst gun owners and advocates since it is seen for encouraging a gun control legislation. The call for stronger gun control has been around for years but is only in the public’s eye when there has been an immense tragedy. There are shootings every day in the United States and in the year 2016 there was six mass shootings, and we still have not seen change in how we control our
There is the idea to adapt these stricter laws to help cut down on the amount of gun related violence in the United States. In the United States federal law may stop someone from having a gun or carrying one in public but it really is up to which state you live in whether you can carry a firearm in public. Even with some of these open carry permits they will not count in other states. This is not always true but there is some regulation about where and when you can openly carry a firearm. If the second amendment does include carrying in public, what laws can we put on the carrier or if it doesn’t apply what is stopping us from enacting the laws Australia …show more content…
There is a push to lift the twenty year ban on federal research of gun violence, because of recent events and the outcries of citizens (Lytle). The problem is the belief it will affect gun owners during the research. If the research did try to see the effect of gun control it would be necessary to look at banning certain firearms and increasing the process of obtaining firearm. This can cause some distress amongst gun owners and advocates since it is seen for encouraging a gun control legislation. The call for stronger gun control has been around for years but is only in the public’s eye when there has been an immense tragedy. There are shootings every day in the United States and in the year 2016 there was six mass shootings, and we still have not seen change in how we control our