Firearms

fight for their rights to firearms. The reason people own firearms is for their own protection and for hunting their food source. Let’s think of an…

activity. Therefore, laws concerning firearms will not prevent a criminal from possessing a gun or using one while committing a…

own Firearms, 38% of men own Firearms and 31% of women own Firearms (Morin 1). Approximately 41% of white people own Firearms, 19% Black, and 20% Hispanic (Morin 1). Twenty-five percent of People living in an urban area own Firearms, 36% of people in a Suburban area, and 51% of people in an Rural area (Morin 1). Forty-nine percent of Republicans own Firearms, 37% of Liberals own Firearms, and 22% of Democrats own Firearms (Morin 1). These are the percentages of the age groups that own Firearms,…

right to own a firearm is listed in the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Second Amendment states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” (U.S. Constitution. Amend. II). Gun control legislation is both a federal and a state issue. There are some federal laws that still impact gun control today. One of the federal laws that have laid the groundwork for firearm legislation…

Around 16,459 people were murdered in 2016, and roughly 73% were killed using a firearm of some kind. If there were stricter laws around firearms (noun) it is likely that most of these deaths could have been prevented. However there are many arguments against these beliefs from needing a firearm for self defense and hunting, or saying that innocent people should not be punished for the actions of others, and even if gun laws change it is only going to affect law abiding citizens. It is…

scholarship suggests otherwise. Up through the present, historians have believed that the gunpowder revolution in military technology predominantly caused the knightly class in Europe to disappear, because unlike previous ranged weapons developments, firearms took no skill to operate and had the power to punch through the armor of knights. Without the protection afforded by armor, knights had no reason to continue using it. Afterall, it was heavy, cumbersome, and expensive. It became more…

The invaders were not aware that the closet they had thrown the man into was where the family stored their guns. The man emerged from the closet with his firearm and exchanged rounds with the intruders, injuring one man, hitting him in the shoulder and the leg. The injured invader ran into the street where he collapsed, while the others escaped via getaway car. “Neighbor Craig Gaddis, who owns several handguns…

The year 1364 was the first reported use of a firearm, and they have been around ever since. They have become bigger, more lethal, and more complicated. Are they lethal, or when the firearms get into the wrong hands do they become lethal and dangerous to society. The Government cannot take away something that only so many people use in the wrong way compared to those millions using them the right way. There is double the amount of guns now then there were in 1968. Existing gun laws should not be…

As stated earlier, the discipline of sociology is relevant as it is helpful in looking at how there might be a disparity between different regions in America, how many individuals in certain regions own firearms, and why. The cultural influence that plays a part in how Americans feel about firearms regionally is reinforced by Celinska (2007) in the article “Individualism and Collectivism in America: The Case of Gun Ownership and Attitudes toward Gun Control”. The author conducted a study to…

Control and Prevent (CDC) in 2013 there were over 33,000 deaths by firearms, with the majority of these deaths coming from civilian use. That accounts for more than 17% of all documented injury deaths within the United States. I believe that guns are becoming too heavily relied on as a form of protection. With so much speculation in the media of how much crime takes place today, it seems to me as if civilians are turning to firearms as a means of security. For instance, based on Gallup’s poll on…