Firearms

amount of time completely banned. These laws stayed in order until the National socialist party came into power with Hitler as their leader and enforced the new “Nazi” gun control reforms in 1938. In modern day Canada the latest bill passed regarding firearm control passed was Bill c-10. This reform amended the previous laws on gun control and made the law generally more stern in many ways such as raising the minimum penalty for offences. Through comparing the purpose, discussing the…

guns off the streets. Norway is known to have some of the strictest gun laws in the world. Although Norway’s gun laws are viewed as tough, most citizens do own some sort of firearm. While the gun ownership rate is relatively high, the gun related homicide rate is very low. Most police officers do not carry any sort of firearm. There was one mass shooting in 2011 that killed 77 people. Many argue that if police carried guns, this mass shooting would have stopped a lot…

arms could endanger defenseless families when an armed criminal breaks into their house. Taking firearms off of the legal market doesn’t mean that they still won’t be bought and sold illegally. An example of something that is illegal but widely bought and sold would be drugs. They are highly illegal but the demand for them is through the roof. So then, when the common law abiding citizen cannot buy a firearm for self and home defense, a criminal/murderer can just buy a black-market gun and barge…

over 30,000 people are fatally injured by firearms every year. However, progress on acts and laws that attempt to restrict the distribution and sales of weapons often times comes to a screeching halt, as the use of personal firearms has been an important part of America’s history. While there are concrete and sufficient arguments for the use of guns in the United States, a myriad amount of statistics has shown that the fact of the matter is, personal firearms cause much more harm today than they…

many tools and attachments that go on firearms, from as simple as a suppressor to grenade launchers and bayonetts. People must have a discussion about suppressors, also known as silencers. Silencers, as the audience may or may not know, is simply a muffler for a firearm. It (the silencer) redirects and slows the expanding gases that come from the firearms projectile as it passes down the barrel, thus causing the loud crack and report of the firearm to be slightly muffled to a lower…

Introduction - complete legalization of individual gun ownership with some restrictions and precautions A. Definition of topic being argued- Gun control (or firearms regulation) is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians. The definition of the argument is should guns be banned from every American citizen or just stricter laws and still have our right to the second amendment? B. Significance of the…

raises his hands in an act of surrender. The man has his trusty shotgun pointed at his assailant, who is quickly whisked away by the authorities. No one needed to die today, and yet another family of innocent civilians was saved by none other than a firearm. Thousands of stories just like this one happen each year. Gun control receives much news attention and is a particularly touchy subject that the nation is split on, given that the difference betwixt either side could mean life or death.…

Monday against firearm dealers and manufacturers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for knowingly supplying firearms facilitating the violation of city firearm ordinances threatening public safety. The City of Milwaukee is faced with high levels of crime. The dealers and manufactures actions impairs the City’s efforts to protect public health, safety and welfare through strict gun-control ordinances. They are undermining gun-control ordinances since there is a profitable market for illegal firearms in…

greater access to firearms. Comparatively, there are also countries that have considerably stricter gun regulations, like Japan and Great Britain. A common goal Japan and Great Britain share is regulating gun violence through strict laws. Like Japan, Great Britain has extensive processes making it cumbersome and time-consuming to obtain a gun-possession permit or certificate. In Great Britain, any person who wants to own a particular firearm or the claimed need to own a firearm for self-defense…

In this paper I will discuss a taboo, gun laws, and how it affects the way we think. Gun laws regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the United States. With the gun laws we have they cause violent crimes and need to be changed so that it is easier for Americans to purchase, and protect themselves. There are roughly 270 million firearms in America with 897,000 being carried by police. With that estimate there are 20% gun owners with 65% of the guns. The Second…