Firearm

carrying and use of firearms. Arms in schools is a dangerous diversion as it can be an evil factor for children and young people. One example that leads to danger of arms in public is shooting of Sandy Hook Elementary School where…

Amendment of the Constitution features the right to bear arms for all American citizens. During the 1700’s, handguns and firearms were needed to ensure the safety of the citizens due to the lack of police officers. Nowadays, there are enough police officers to protect the citizens but the gun related incidents are increasing which questions the right of citizens to use guns and firearms. Should the guns be banned? The debate over the concern of whether or not American citizens have the definite…

Our founding fathers dedicated their time to construct the best possible rights that citizens could be entitled to, these rights are known as our Constitution. The Constitution was made in order to list the appropriate rights that each American was promised, which includes the Second Amendment, known as the right to bear arms. The right to bear arms is allowing any American citizen to protect themselves and their families, whether they possess guns, or any other type of weapon. Sure, there are…

States is ranked number one for firearms ownership in the world, the United States manufactures enough firearms that it is possible for every person in the United States to own a firearm weapon. When individuals compare the homicide rate to other countries, some may find out that the United States has one of the highest homicide rates in the world. Finland, who is ranked fourth for firearms ownership in the world, has a percentage of 19.8% homicides using firearms. While the United States…

illnesses. As we all know the shooting that have occurred all involve people that are suffering from some mental illness. So if the firearm is not locked up well enough or guarded as needed you are basically providing the kid with their murder…

easily obtain a gun through a private sell. These private sells can also happen at gun shows. This is where the name Gun Show Loophole comes from. ("Universal Background Checks & the “Private” Sale Loophole Policy Summary") “An estimated 40% of all firearms transferred in the U.S. are transferred by unlicensed individuals”. Through a survey that was conducted to inmates, 96.1 percent of these inmates had obtained their weapon through a private sell. There has been a slow progress of states…

federal law that regulates firearm, industries, and firearms owners. The law regulates the commerce, dealers and importers. In some states the gun laws are weak.…

the faulty premise that the amount of gun crimes and gun violence can be drastically decreased by restricting legally obtained firearms. The fallacy of this premise can be easily established by looking at California which has the strictest gun laws in the country and is still home to one of the U.S.’s top 5 most dangerous cities. Making it tougher to legally obtain a firearm does not promote gun safety or deter gun violence but makes it harder for law abiding citizens to exercise their…

The Gun Owners Foundation says that firearms save more lives than they take and prevent more injuries than they inflict. Although, that is exceptionally untrue. The usage of firearms for self-protection to not self-preservation proportion is 1:22. For each time a weapon is operated as a part of self-protection, there are 22 shootings that are most certainly…

If they are successful in passing legislation to enact harsher laws and remove guns from the possession of law abiding citizens, criminal acts of violence including mass murders involving firearms will increase. According to Jack Hunter, “Laws do not control guns they only restrict ownership to law abiding citizens.” In his article he reminds us of the incident involving Congresswoman Gabby Giffords as she was—along with five others—ambushed…