Gun Violence Protection
Gun control laws in the United States has little effect and they permit the citizens to carry their own weaponry, which has made the U.S into the most violent country in the world. Gun violence has been a serious issue especially in the city of Oakland, California. Residents in some areas do not dare to leave their house after sunset because they are afraid to be another victim in the gunfights. According to Anthony Braga, in the “Center for Problem-Oriented Policing,” places such as Boston and Minneapolis, more than 50% of the gun crimes are committed by youths near the age of 18. Furthermore, the lack of background checks for people who have mental health issues result in the deaths of many innocent lives. Recently, …show more content…
The Second Amendment, however, often serves as an advantage for felons in the process of reinstating their gun right. This amendment states that the right for individual to bear arm cannot be confiscated. Formerly, the bar for felons’ reinstatement of gun right was pretty high, very few of them had reclaimed their gun. Later, the process became more common in the 1980s, Michael Luo in New York Times points out that “Congress started allowing state laws to dictate these reinstatements”, and some restorations are automatic for nonviolent felons. Since this process takes too much time, some judges became torpid and perfunctory. As a result, many of the felons had reclaimed their gun right when they are not supposed to. One example is Erik Zettergren, for years, he was prohibited to possess a firearm due to two felony convictions and history of mental health issues (Luo). Because of the judge’s ruling in 2005, since he met certain basic requirements, he had his gun right restated. Two months later, Zettergren murdered the man who he believed having an affair with his girlfriend at a party. “If he hadn’t had his rights restored”, Tracy Denis, prosecutor in Whitman County, who handled this murder cases, comments “in this particular instance, it probably would have saved the life of the other person.” Especially in the state of Michigan, almost everyone in the state own a gun or two. Michael Moore, director of the film “Bowling for Columbine,” depicts the process of owning a gun in his film. His film starts with him walking in a bank in Michigan, open a bank account and fill out a form that is known to be the background check. After this procedure, the bank give him a gun right away without investigate the background information that Moore delivers. Imagine that if that person is not Moore, but is someone else that use the gun again the bank after he or she gets it. This
Gun control laws in the United States has little effect and they permit the citizens to carry their own weaponry, which has made the U.S into the most violent country in the world. Gun violence has been a serious issue especially in the city of Oakland, California. Residents in some areas do not dare to leave their house after sunset because they are afraid to be another victim in the gunfights. According to Anthony Braga, in the “Center for Problem-Oriented Policing,” places such as Boston and Minneapolis, more than 50% of the gun crimes are committed by youths near the age of 18. Furthermore, the lack of background checks for people who have mental health issues result in the deaths of many innocent lives. Recently, …show more content…
The Second Amendment, however, often serves as an advantage for felons in the process of reinstating their gun right. This amendment states that the right for individual to bear arm cannot be confiscated. Formerly, the bar for felons’ reinstatement of gun right was pretty high, very few of them had reclaimed their gun. Later, the process became more common in the 1980s, Michael Luo in New York Times points out that “Congress started allowing state laws to dictate these reinstatements”, and some restorations are automatic for nonviolent felons. Since this process takes too much time, some judges became torpid and perfunctory. As a result, many of the felons had reclaimed their gun right when they are not supposed to. One example is Erik Zettergren, for years, he was prohibited to possess a firearm due to two felony convictions and history of mental health issues (Luo). Because of the judge’s ruling in 2005, since he met certain basic requirements, he had his gun right restated. Two months later, Zettergren murdered the man who he believed having an affair with his girlfriend at a party. “If he hadn’t had his rights restored”, Tracy Denis, prosecutor in Whitman County, who handled this murder cases, comments “in this particular instance, it probably would have saved the life of the other person.” Especially in the state of Michigan, almost everyone in the state own a gun or two. Michael Moore, director of the film “Bowling for Columbine,” depicts the process of owning a gun in his film. His film starts with him walking in a bank in Michigan, open a bank account and fill out a form that is known to be the background check. After this procedure, the bank give him a gun right away without investigate the background information that Moore delivers. Imagine that if that person is not Moore, but is someone else that use the gun again the bank after he or she gets it. This