Emily Tapia
Phil. 105
Sherri Zhu
10-11-16
Should The United States Adapt Stricter Gun Laws? On an average day, 91 Americans are killed with guns. In the united states the murder rate by guns is twenty-five times the average of other developed countries. This needs to be put to an end. In the video, Global Lessons On Guns. We learn about gun control in four other different countries and then make a decision based on this information, should the united states have stricter gun control? The united states gun control is easier than other countries to obtain a fire arm compared to others. In Japan, in order to obtain a gun, you are required to take twenty or more hours of lectures followed by testing. The required test is a written test which …show more content…
They have also banned all automatic weapons to decrease the amount of deaths. Their advice for the united states is, “lots of guns don’t mean lots of violence.” As shown in global lessons on guns. In Australia, the liberals and conservatives came to an agreement in which they banned semi-automatic guns, they issued a buy back for the guns, in which they paid people for their semi-automatic guns, by doing so they destroyed 600,000 guns! In this country they have a mandatory gun registration where each person who is getting a gun needs to give a reason why they want to own one and the gun must be locked up in a locked safe. Australia’s advice for the united states is, “political leadership can make a difference” as shown in global lessons on guns. Lastly, Israel in which half of the deaths are caused by firearms. Israel released they had a gun control problem and put a stop to it. Israel’s military was now required to ask questions if they felt their troupes could be endaraged to themselves or others, they also helped reduce the susideal rate as well. Israel has put strict gun laws by not allowing weapons on the weekends because most of the times parties are on the weekends this leads to people drinking and not being responsible so they did not want …show more content…
The united states needs to implement strict gun laws to reduce the deaths, we cannot sit back and watch so many people loose there life’s when a simple strict law can be put in place and help reduce and prevent it. In order for anyone to consider owning a gun they must be independent. They have to be able to make choices for themselves without inner or outer compulsions. This means the person making the choices is old enough, is knowledgeable about the choice and is healthy mentally and physically, as well as they don’t have outer influences pushing them to do what they want. If they are able to be independent they then can make a competent decision and can do so because they met the first level restriction. By being competent they are able to think about their values and goals to make a rational decision. Lastly, they must be able to make a authentic choice this is a well thought choice meaning the person has thought about all possibilities and make the right choice. When obtaining a firearm, you should be able to do these steps in order to make a choice, an autonomous person
Phil. 105
Sherri Zhu
10-11-16
Should The United States Adapt Stricter Gun Laws? On an average day, 91 Americans are killed with guns. In the united states the murder rate by guns is twenty-five times the average of other developed countries. This needs to be put to an end. In the video, Global Lessons On Guns. We learn about gun control in four other different countries and then make a decision based on this information, should the united states have stricter gun control? The united states gun control is easier than other countries to obtain a fire arm compared to others. In Japan, in order to obtain a gun, you are required to take twenty or more hours of lectures followed by testing. The required test is a written test which …show more content…
They have also banned all automatic weapons to decrease the amount of deaths. Their advice for the united states is, “lots of guns don’t mean lots of violence.” As shown in global lessons on guns. In Australia, the liberals and conservatives came to an agreement in which they banned semi-automatic guns, they issued a buy back for the guns, in which they paid people for their semi-automatic guns, by doing so they destroyed 600,000 guns! In this country they have a mandatory gun registration where each person who is getting a gun needs to give a reason why they want to own one and the gun must be locked up in a locked safe. Australia’s advice for the united states is, “political leadership can make a difference” as shown in global lessons on guns. Lastly, Israel in which half of the deaths are caused by firearms. Israel released they had a gun control problem and put a stop to it. Israel’s military was now required to ask questions if they felt their troupes could be endaraged to themselves or others, they also helped reduce the susideal rate as well. Israel has put strict gun laws by not allowing weapons on the weekends because most of the times parties are on the weekends this leads to people drinking and not being responsible so they did not want …show more content…
The united states needs to implement strict gun laws to reduce the deaths, we cannot sit back and watch so many people loose there life’s when a simple strict law can be put in place and help reduce and prevent it. In order for anyone to consider owning a gun they must be independent. They have to be able to make choices for themselves without inner or outer compulsions. This means the person making the choices is old enough, is knowledgeable about the choice and is healthy mentally and physically, as well as they don’t have outer influences pushing them to do what they want. If they are able to be independent they then can make a competent decision and can do so because they met the first level restriction. By being competent they are able to think about their values and goals to make a rational decision. Lastly, they must be able to make a authentic choice this is a well thought choice meaning the person has thought about all possibilities and make the right choice. When obtaining a firearm, you should be able to do these steps in order to make a choice, an autonomous person