Guns and gun control have recently gained more interest in the media of today’s society. There has yet to be enough people in agreement to change the current law nationally. There are many people on both sides of the debate there are people who will not take a side, or just have not due to lack of importance, personally. From the political view, the arguments for and against gun control will remain as heated as ever. The talk of gun control brings into question a few major issues: do less guns for the public mean fewer homicides, are the citizens’ wants represented in our government correctly, and of course what the second amendment means. There are no easy ways to tackle this debate and win, because no one has yet to state their argument without loose ends. That is, they all have flaws or areas where the opposition will poke a hole and deflate the argument. When there is talk of or about gun control, there is usually talk of death due to guns. The authors of listverse.com on the pro side say, “if citizens have easy access to guns, the chance of them killing you is greater.” They also have opposing arguments as well. The authors say that, in opposition, a ban of handguns may be more effective. This statement comes from the results of data recorded in the UK after its handgun ban and the results prove the statement. The data recorded in the UK showed a decrease in homicides after their handgun ban. The talk about gun control is a hot topic in politics as well as…
Gun control is a controversial topic to be talked about considering the pros and cons that come along with it. The pros being the control of having a gun in order to have a sense of protection, our right to bear arms and less death rates. On the other side cons being restricting a person to their own personal safety and diminishing personal hobbies such as hunting, and job related activities by not having guns being allowed at all. Guns come with responsibility and consequences that can occur if…
Gun Control Boom! The deer dropped straight to the ground, and the boy smiling cheek to cheek ran to go retrieve it. It’s an important part of people 's lives, and they couldn’t do it if there family didn’t own guns. Even though hunting is what some people use them for, guns are used for many other things. Is owning them really necessary, though? This is a topic that has been debated on for a long time. Should or should there not be more gun control? Everyone has a different opinion on this…
Gun Control How does a person live and survive without a gun? In the founding centuries of America, people survived by killing animals with weapons for food. If there was no creation of a gun then it would have set American ancestor back. According to the article, America has carried on the tradition of owning a gun because an article states that there are 88.8 guns per 100 people and there is a total of 270,000,000 guns in the U.S., which is the most per capita in the world. Also 22% of…
What is the Issue? Gun Control What is the Question? Should gun control be instituted in the United States? The concept of gun control has become a hot button item as we live in a country where mass murders, school shootings, and many other gun related crimes are becoming more and more frequent. People are faced with the impending questions on what should be done to limit these types of crimes and how can one defend themselves and their loved ones from becoming victims to these senseless…
Over the years there have been many debates about whether or not gun control is a good solution for the United States. As a result, two very distinct sides have formed: one for gun control and one against it. Recently, the pro gun control side has argued that the many school shootings were partly a result of our country’s minimal gun control. To many this may seem like a reasonable argument, but in reality it is an over-generalization; there are many other factors that play a part in horrific…
on firearms out of control, or are Americans themselves? In the wake of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the increase of killing sprees involving firearms in the U.S. since the Columbine Massacre, the case against guns is emotionally charged and captivating. The use of these examples has been a powerful recruitment tool in the case against private gun ownership and the lobbying for stricter legislation governing the sale, and distribution of firearms within the U.S. and internationally. In…
Victoria Kyllo Patrick Chambers English 101 9 April 2013 Position Paper Does the United States need more stringent gun control? This is a question that has been sparking nationwide in America. Gun control is simply defined as a regulation of selling, owning, and use of guns. This debate has many arguments saying that the U.S should have stricter gun laws to prevent fewer crimes or some even say to abolish the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution and others argue that the U.S…
Gun control can go both ways. Either you completely support guns, or are utterly against them. There is an in between, but that does not really matter in this case, mostly because the in between people most likely do not care. In the many articles that I have read, it seems there are more people for the ban of guns rather than letting them just go around and be easily bought like they are now. I will bring up the pros and cons of having and not having guns. What America would be like if we did…
this topic, I am addressing the issue of gun control in our criminal justice systems. We all know that there are many controversies on how to reduce crime. Every state is on the search to produce new laws or to eliminate certain objects to lessen crime. Gun control is the laws that control how guns are sold and used and who can own them (Gun Control, n.d.). In other words, the citizens have the right to own a gun. Gun control might have its good side, but it also impacts the criminal justice…