Gun laws in the United States

Do you think guns make people safe? When you think about a gun, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? When I think of guns, I can imagine negative words like crime into my mind. There are some fact of gun. More Guns Don’t Make You Safer. Mass shootings also took place in 25 other wealthy nations between 1983 and 2013, but the number of mass shootings in the United States far surpasses that of any other country included in the study during the same period of time. The U.S. had 78 mass…

enforced in his state. He was also known for his preference of imposing obligatory military training and having military operations once a month, as mentioned by Earl R. Kruschke in his book Gun Control: A Reference Handbook. The policies that Plato once respected are much like policies that are in place and are being considered around the world today. Gun control is a major issue throughout the world, and is a controversial topic within many countries. Gun control is defined as laws and…

Gun control is the most divisive of all national issues. Citizens seem to be either very pro or very anti gun rights. This division can be seen at a federal level where each state carries their own laws about gun possession, use and ownership as well as at a national level where a different set of rules apply. The evolution of gun control in our nation began with the creation of the Bill of Rights. This is when the Second Amendment to the Constitution was passed by Congress in 1791 declaring…

current gun control legislation in the United States, because approximately 30,000 United States citizens lose their lives to gun-related crime and injury every year (Terror). The question is whether gun control laws should be strengthened to make it harder for potential criminals to possess weapons or kept the same to preserve the rights of the United States citizens. Gun control opponents believe that the answer to this problem is to loosen gun control laws to dissuade potential shooters. Gun…

Do you know anything about gun-control other than what the media has told you? In 1971 the second Amendment was ratified in the United States Constitution. The second Amendment is there to protect the right of the people to bear arms. It is also there to give the people the means to take back a tyrannical government and rebuild it how the people see fit. Since the early 20th century the United States government has been trying to institute different types of gun control at the federal level. In…

bear arms. Many people believe that guns should be banned all together, others might argue and say why? Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. A gun is most definitely a hazard, but is it really the gun doing all the talking? A gun sitting on a counter for instance isn’t going to pick itself up and do any sort of damage. The damage caused by a gun is on the person bearing it. Therefore, I feel that owning and possessing a gun should be legal. The topic of gun control has been talked about…

and keep guns has created controversial arguments for quite some time. Notably, different countries have used several approaches when it comes to the right of individuals to own weapons. The second amendment in the United States Constitution, which discusses the right to bear and own arms, introduced three debates in the United States that triggered the issue of gun ownership. The amendment allows citizens to have the right to bear arms as long as they are controlled and licensed by the law. A…

Gun control remains to be one of the most popular debates along with abortion, animal testing, and climate change. What makes gun control so controversial? Well, many people have different views on the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which reads as “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Advocates for gun control believe this applies only to police and military, but will gun…

recognizable as the First Amendment. It allows people to not only use firearms, but to provide them in defense and protection (“Second Amendment”). It is divisive due to the fact that many people have different opinions on what the Amendment actually states. Some citizens believe that it is meant protect the rights of the people to own firearms only if they are included in a militia, while others believe that it protects the rights of the citizens to provide self-defense (Hart 136). The fact…

self-defense, 34 innocent people die” (Washington Post). Gun control is a huge controversial topic being discussed currently in America. The US has “88.8 guns per 100 people”, which means that “22% of Americans own one or more guns” (ProCon). Advocates of creating more “gun control laws state that gun violence would be reduced; that gun restrictions have always existed; and that a majority of Americans, including gun owners, support new gun restrictions”(ProCon). Adversaries say that “the Second…