In the United States, there are high ethical standards that have to be followed in the criminal justice system. To work in law enforcement in the United States, a person of interest has to go through an extensive background check to determine whether they have good moral character which may include a polygraph exam and a psychological exam. “How To Become A Police Officer” by Timothy Roufa updated October 12, 2016 The Balance.com If so much is demanded of a Police Officer who openly carries a gun, than the same rules should be applied to everyone, especially gun owners who want to conceal and carry their guns. To obtain a (CCW) Concealed Weapons Permit the only requirements are to have good moral character, good cause, meet the residency requirements,
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To ban all handgun ownership is not an option due to the second amendment, but unequivocal stricter gun control laws could make a great impact on the dangerously, negligent misuse of firearms in the neighborhoods and cities in the United States .In the article “Congress’s Firearms Problems” by Michah Sifry and Nancy Watzman, they point out, to stop heinous killings throughout the United States, the government must stop cowering down to the NRA and the NSSF and make gun ownership extensive to obtain, and by imposing stricter buying and selling laws for gun ownership; including longer wait time for buyer to take possession of a gun, so thorough background checks for all gun purchases could be processed- could defuse criminal intent. According to Wayne LaPierre in his article “Crime Is The Basic Problem, Not Guns,” “many gun owners don’t want stronger gun control laws because they feel it would “infringe on their right to bear arms.” Many gun owners are either desensitized to the many senseless killings that have taken place in the United States or worried about that they don’t have enough guns to protect themselves from people that use guns for the purpose of killing innocent people. There are laws to wear seat belts in cars, and alcohol consumption: where and when you can drink alcohol, why can’t the people of the United States come together and create stricter gun control laws? Gun owners do not see the guns as the problem but crime as the problem, (LaPierre-308) however; there are people that think it necessary to make gun ownership harder to obtain to alleviate the gun violence. If “we the People” do not mandate legislature to impose stricter gun control laws, there will be even more gun violence. The citizens of the United States need to find a solution to the inadequate gun control laws –President Obama stated that “once Congress gets on board with commonsense gun safety
To ban all handgun ownership is not an option due to the second amendment, but unequivocal stricter gun control laws could make a great impact on the dangerously, negligent misuse of firearms in the neighborhoods and cities in the United States .In the article “Congress’s Firearms Problems” by Michah Sifry and Nancy Watzman, they point out, to stop heinous killings throughout the United States, the government must stop cowering down to the NRA and the NSSF and make gun ownership extensive to obtain, and by imposing stricter buying and selling laws for gun ownership; including longer wait time for buyer to take possession of a gun, so thorough background checks for all gun purchases could be processed- could defuse criminal intent. According to Wayne LaPierre in his article “Crime Is The Basic Problem, Not Guns,” “many gun owners don’t want stronger gun control laws because they feel it would “infringe on their right to bear arms.” Many gun owners are either desensitized to the many senseless killings that have taken place in the United States or worried about that they don’t have enough guns to protect themselves from people that use guns for the purpose of killing innocent people. There are laws to wear seat belts in cars, and alcohol consumption: where and when you can drink alcohol, why can’t the people of the United States come together and create stricter gun control laws? Gun owners do not see the guns as the problem but crime as the problem, (LaPierre-308) however; there are people that think it necessary to make gun ownership harder to obtain to alleviate the gun violence. If “we the People” do not mandate legislature to impose stricter gun control laws, there will be even more gun violence. The citizens of the United States need to find a solution to the inadequate gun control laws –President Obama stated that “once Congress gets on board with commonsense gun safety