interesting to know that even though guns have been banned, the use of a gun in crimes is still rising.
The average response time for a cop car to reach a 911 emergency is four minutes. Larry Mudgett, served in the LAPD for 35 years, and was a member of the famous LAPD SWAT team for 14 years. He said, “When an intruder enters your house, the outcome of the situation will be decided within three seconds of his entering the home” (MUDGETT, 2014). Eighty percent of home break-ins happen through the front door, back door, or window. Thirty percent of those happen through the front door (Jorgustin, 2014). With these kinds of statistics, it makes sense that PG advocates want the ability to defend themselves, and not have to rely on Police.
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Private sales do not require background checks to buyers. Because of this, those who cannot obtain a gun through an official dealer can easily obtain a gun through a private sell. These private sells can also happen at gun shows. This is where the name Gun Show Loophole comes from. ("Universal Background Checks & the “Private” Sale Loophole Policy Summary") “An estimated 40% of all firearms transferred in the U.S. are transferred by unlicensed individuals”. Through a survey that was conducted to inmates, 96.1 percent of these inmates had obtained their weapon through a private sell. There has been a slow progress of states requiring private sells to do background checks on those they are selling too, but for the majority, private sells can be accomplished with no background checks on the individual buyer
So what is the answer? The easy answer is there is no easy answer to this vast problem. Is it making it harder for purchases to be made altogether? Does there need to be a stringent process to obtaining a weapon? Do we ban the private sells? Do we disregard everything that PG fight for, or do we disregard PGC’s standpoint? How do we make these changes without trampling over the constitution? The right answer depends on what side you stand on, but overall, the one thing that everyone agrees on is something needs to be done to solve this problem and lower our rate of gun
The average response time for a cop car to reach a 911 emergency is four minutes. Larry Mudgett, served in the LAPD for 35 years, and was a member of the famous LAPD SWAT team for 14 years. He said, “When an intruder enters your house, the outcome of the situation will be decided within three seconds of his entering the home” (MUDGETT, 2014). Eighty percent of home break-ins happen through the front door, back door, or window. Thirty percent of those happen through the front door (Jorgustin, 2014). With these kinds of statistics, it makes sense that PG advocates want the ability to defend themselves, and not have to rely on Police.
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Private sales do not require background checks to buyers. Because of this, those who cannot obtain a gun through an official dealer can easily obtain a gun through a private sell. These private sells can also happen at gun shows. This is where the name Gun Show Loophole comes from. ("Universal Background Checks & the “Private” Sale Loophole Policy Summary") “An estimated 40% of all firearms transferred in the U.S. are transferred by unlicensed individuals”. Through a survey that was conducted to inmates, 96.1 percent of these inmates had obtained their weapon through a private sell. There has been a slow progress of states requiring private sells to do background checks on those they are selling too, but for the majority, private sells can be accomplished with no background checks on the individual buyer
So what is the answer? The easy answer is there is no easy answer to this vast problem. Is it making it harder for purchases to be made altogether? Does there need to be a stringent process to obtaining a weapon? Do we ban the private sells? Do we disregard everything that PG fight for, or do we disregard PGC’s standpoint? How do we make these changes without trampling over the constitution? The right answer depends on what side you stand on, but overall, the one thing that everyone agrees on is something needs to be done to solve this problem and lower our rate of gun