The Impact of Gun Control in America’s Social Order
What is our common goal in life? Is it to have wealthy lifestyle? Is it to find a dream job? Many of us want to achieve the American dream. The ability to live freely, acquire property and enjoy everything we worked hard for. But, what would be the consequences of wanting more but not wanting to work? While some go out and work their way up and obtain the life they dream for, others wanted an easy way of getting things. If people want to get quick cash without any drop of sweat would easily resort to stealing or committing crimes. When economic resources are scare , people struggle and crime rates soar high. When crimes happen often, people get scared and will start to think of how they will …show more content…
Gun control has no effect to criminals. Many people that do not obey laws commit crime and are put to jail. The gun control law will not prevent them from obtaining guns. The gun control intention to stop bad people of getting an easy access to handguns will becomes pointless. It makes it difficult to take away gun from criminals. Therefore, the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. While majority owners obtain their guns in transactions that are documented and for the most part legal, the same is not true for criminals. In the article published in Newsweek, almost all guns used in criminal acts enter circulation via initial legal transaction. A national survey of inmates of state prisons found that 10% of the respondents who admitted to have gun at the time of arrest had obtained from a gun store, while 90% obtained them through a variety of off-the- book means, such as gifts or sharing arrangements with fellow gangs. Cook P. (2016). Gun controls laws legislations do not take guns away from criminals but will leave the law abiding citizens defenseless and at risk of being …show more content…
In 2013, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the nation had more than 33,000 firearms deaths: 70 percent of all homicides (11,208), more than half of all suicides (21,175), and hundreds of accidental and unsolved deaths (as cited in Gun Control Explained, 2015). But, more gun control is unnecessary because relatively few people are killed by guns. According to the CDC 's "Leading Causes of Death Reports," between 1999 and 2013, Americans were 21.5 times more likely to die of heart disease; 18.7 times more likely to die of malignant tumors and 2.4 times more likely to die of diabetes or other sickness than to die from a firearm (whether by accident, homicide, or suicide) (as cited in Should More Laws be Enacted, n.d.). They can show that the numbers counters the exaggerated claim that firearms are one of the leading causes of accidental death and killing. It is education and training on safe gun handling and proper safe keeping will help to lessen accidental death by
What is our common goal in life? Is it to have wealthy lifestyle? Is it to find a dream job? Many of us want to achieve the American dream. The ability to live freely, acquire property and enjoy everything we worked hard for. But, what would be the consequences of wanting more but not wanting to work? While some go out and work their way up and obtain the life they dream for, others wanted an easy way of getting things. If people want to get quick cash without any drop of sweat would easily resort to stealing or committing crimes. When economic resources are scare , people struggle and crime rates soar high. When crimes happen often, people get scared and will start to think of how they will …show more content…
Gun control has no effect to criminals. Many people that do not obey laws commit crime and are put to jail. The gun control law will not prevent them from obtaining guns. The gun control intention to stop bad people of getting an easy access to handguns will becomes pointless. It makes it difficult to take away gun from criminals. Therefore, the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. While majority owners obtain their guns in transactions that are documented and for the most part legal, the same is not true for criminals. In the article published in Newsweek, almost all guns used in criminal acts enter circulation via initial legal transaction. A national survey of inmates of state prisons found that 10% of the respondents who admitted to have gun at the time of arrest had obtained from a gun store, while 90% obtained them through a variety of off-the- book means, such as gifts or sharing arrangements with fellow gangs. Cook P. (2016). Gun controls laws legislations do not take guns away from criminals but will leave the law abiding citizens defenseless and at risk of being …show more content…
In 2013, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the nation had more than 33,000 firearms deaths: 70 percent of all homicides (11,208), more than half of all suicides (21,175), and hundreds of accidental and unsolved deaths (as cited in Gun Control Explained, 2015). But, more gun control is unnecessary because relatively few people are killed by guns. According to the CDC 's "Leading Causes of Death Reports," between 1999 and 2013, Americans were 21.5 times more likely to die of heart disease; 18.7 times more likely to die of malignant tumors and 2.4 times more likely to die of diabetes or other sickness than to die from a firearm (whether by accident, homicide, or suicide) (as cited in Should More Laws be Enacted, n.d.). They can show that the numbers counters the exaggerated claim that firearms are one of the leading causes of accidental death and killing. It is education and training on safe gun handling and proper safe keeping will help to lessen accidental death by