Gun laws in the United States

Draft Gun Problems in the United States On January 16, 2012, a disgruntled former student of Appalachian School of Law in Gundy, Virginia, had killed three people. Including the school’s dean, alarmed by the gun fire two off duty law enforcement officers retrieved their weapons and pointed them at the shooter, who ended his killing spree and surrendered. These two law enforcement officers quite possibly saved the lives of countless potential victims. As this goes on everywhere in the United…

Gun Control During a 60 minutes interview Senator Dianne Feinstein from California stated “If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States, for an outright ban, picking up every one of them (every gun) Mr. and Mrs. America, turn ‘em all in. I would have done it.” (Brown). This statement could be seen as going against our Constitutional rights and is an example of the ideas of legislators trying to pass bills that would establish gun control regulations. While the second…

In the United States there are 88.8 guns per 100 people which totals out to 270 million guns,in this country alone,making the united States have the highest total and per capita number in the world. America's pervasive gun culture stems in part from its colonial history and most importantly, the Second Amendment, which states: "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." Second amendment The…

Gun control has and is an ongoing controversial topic in the United States of America. In past recent years, there has been an increase in mass shootings in schools and in other public places such as movie theaters and dance clubs. It is very worrisome for a person to have in mind that at any given moment our lives could be endangered. For this reason, there has been a discussion of whether gun control is helpful to our country or not. There are many arguments for enforcing and implementing…

American Gun Control The US has a gun violence problem it’s usually most talked about often after a mass shooting but it’s much larger and more complicated than that. Gun deaths in the United States are higher than deaths from AIDS, drugs, wars and terrorism combined. Still think America doesn’t need stricter gun laws? This issue is dividing our community. Some people argue our constitutional right to bear arms and there is no need to increase gun control. Others contend for stricter gun laws…

paper will talk about Gun control primarily in the United States of America. It will cover how gun control affects the safety of average day citizens. How ineffective Gun control can be in the United States. This paper will also compare other countries with the United States on how effective their gun control laws are. The history of gun control in the United States of America. Murder statistics of firearms and other weapons. It will also bring up cases that are similar to gun control and how…

Johnson English Comp. 1 12 October 2016 Should Gun Laws Be More Strict The 1791 Constitutional second amendment of the United States of America allowed that people can have the capability to keep and bear firearms (Spitzer). Gun laws and restrictions are different in various states across America and also among other countries. Some countries do not even allow anybody to own a gun unlike in America where the second amendment allow the people of USA to own guns. Nevertheless, there has been…

Gun Controls Laws The second amendment should not be a part of the constitution. Gun control laws are connected to the 2nd amendment which states, “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” ("Index Page - The U.S. Constitution Online." Index Page - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2017.) Which allows any citizen the right to own a gun for security…

The Gun Control issues have stimulated major controversy in America today. People who support gun control feel as though guns are the reason for the soaring crime rate in our country. “ We desperately need a new approach to the national gun debate. Guns should be banned from the average citizen, This would drastically reduce the death toll within america.(THE DEADLY STATUS QUO)” I can't help contradicting this article and the supporters of weapon control. I feel that due to the black market and…

Do You Need Your Guns? In the article “Should More Gun Control Laws be Enacted?” by ProCon.org it states that armed civilians are unlikely to stop crimes and are more likely to make dangerous situations, including mass shootings, more deadly. On average, 200 Americans go the emergency room every day from gunshot wounds; a statistic that would decrease if there were more gun control laws. 50% of unintentional fatal shootings were self-inflicted and most deaths were caused by family members or…