Introduction
Firearms take up a large percentage of crime around the world, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Gun crime is defined as a crime or offence that is committed with the use of a firearm but there is no set definition as to why they are committed. Firearm legislation are a set of laws and guidelines that surround the topic of gun crime that are put into place by the government to try to control gun crime. From Prohibition to shootings, gun crime has only worsened and has become a reoccurring issue around the world. I chose to focus on the United Kingdom and the United States of America as there has been an array of crime revolving firearms that I could focus on in this report within the USA. The …show more content…
Why are they committed? How do mental illnesses, ideologies and different values contribute to crimes committed with firearms? Have criminal backgrounds such as family upbringing and teachings influenced how the criminal thinks and fuelled them to commence an attack on, for example, a mass shooting of a group of people? Alcohol and substance abuse also may contribute to such attacks and cause someone to act rashly and ‘out of character’ – How do laws and legislations for restricting firearms prevent these impulsive assaults? These are all questions I hope to answer within this essay as an addition to my project title due to a genuine interest in …show more content…
Often than not, these two groups disagree on interpretations of the laws related to firearms just as they disagree about the consequences and effects of gun control in terms of crime and public safety. U.S civilians, it has been estimated, own 270 million to 310 million firearms. Moreover, it was estimated that 37% to 42% that every household in the country have at least of gun in their possession. In the 1990s, debates regarding firearm availability and gun crime in the U.S. where categorized by concerns about the right to bear arms. This is found in the Second Amendment to the U.S Constitution (adopted by the USA in 1791 as gun crime began to augment) and includes the responsibility of the government to serve the needs of its citizens and to prevent crime and deaths caused by firearms. Gun control supporters say there are broad, unrestricted and careless gun rights, which inhibit the government from fulfilling this
Firearms take up a large percentage of crime around the world, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Gun crime is defined as a crime or offence that is committed with the use of a firearm but there is no set definition as to why they are committed. Firearm legislation are a set of laws and guidelines that surround the topic of gun crime that are put into place by the government to try to control gun crime. From Prohibition to shootings, gun crime has only worsened and has become a reoccurring issue around the world. I chose to focus on the United Kingdom and the United States of America as there has been an array of crime revolving firearms that I could focus on in this report within the USA. The …show more content…
Why are they committed? How do mental illnesses, ideologies and different values contribute to crimes committed with firearms? Have criminal backgrounds such as family upbringing and teachings influenced how the criminal thinks and fuelled them to commence an attack on, for example, a mass shooting of a group of people? Alcohol and substance abuse also may contribute to such attacks and cause someone to act rashly and ‘out of character’ – How do laws and legislations for restricting firearms prevent these impulsive assaults? These are all questions I hope to answer within this essay as an addition to my project title due to a genuine interest in …show more content…
Often than not, these two groups disagree on interpretations of the laws related to firearms just as they disagree about the consequences and effects of gun control in terms of crime and public safety. U.S civilians, it has been estimated, own 270 million to 310 million firearms. Moreover, it was estimated that 37% to 42% that every household in the country have at least of gun in their possession. In the 1990s, debates regarding firearm availability and gun crime in the U.S. where categorized by concerns about the right to bear arms. This is found in the Second Amendment to the U.S Constitution (adopted by the USA in 1791 as gun crime began to augment) and includes the responsibility of the government to serve the needs of its citizens and to prevent crime and deaths caused by firearms. Gun control supporters say there are broad, unrestricted and careless gun rights, which inhibit the government from fulfilling this