Gun politics

people die of gun violence, according to EverytownResearch.org. There are over 12,000 gun murders in an average year in the United States. Also, a black man is 10 times more likely to be shot with a gun than a white man (“Gun Violence”). But what does race, age, or ethnicity have anything to do with murders with a firearm? For a person to better understand gun control, they would have to look at what gun control is, what are the causes of gun violence, people who agree to have gun control,…

As gun violence in the united states is now so common that it’s daily news to hear about school shootings and armed people walking into restaurants and killing people, we need a president who can lead the country in rectifying the current situation. In this, John Kasich is not our country’s best option; he wishes to, as his website states, “Remove Burdensome Restrictions” on concealed carry licenses. Although the Second Amendment was written to give civilians the right to defend themselves,…

Guns have been around the world since the 14th century starting with the Matchlock gun to the automatic firearms. In the beginning guns were intentionally used by industrialized countries in order to protect their residents and land from anyone who posed a threat. There have been many wars, battles, a and deaths throughout history due to firearms. To this day guns have dramatically changed and are at fault for many of the conflicts the United states faces. In the Bill of Rights the 2nd amendment…

differ on whether or not guns should be legal or not. These arguments also delve into many details of legislation that could and should, according to the professionals, be implemented into our society. Two issues within the gun carrying debate is if and how gun control affects mass shootings and if concealed carry on college campuses should be legal or not. Expert views argue both sides in many different scenarios. Essentially, the opinions question whether or not gun control would limit or…

Gun Control: Unconstitutional or Constructive? In a nation of differing opinions, a few issues stick out. Gun control is one of them, a widely debated subject punctuated by acts of heinous violence. In an attempt to curb this violence, articles such as “Crime, Deterrence, and Right‐to‐Carry Concealed Handguns”, by John Lott, argue that less gun control would lead to less crime. The other side of the coin argues that more gun control would lead to less violence, and this is the argument that the…

Gun Control is a huge topic in the United States today. Because of all the deaths related to the use of guns, various gun control laws have been set to try and reduce crime and violence by restricting private gun ownership, “right to bear arms.” But, In Texas however, “it is illegal to carry a handgun outside of a persons own premises. However, a person may carry, either open or concealed, in a non- threatening or alarming manner, a shotgun or riffle.” Taking in account the amount of gun-…

In almost all countries around the world, crime is solved through armed police forces that use firearms to keep civilians protected. There are only two countries around the world where policemen do not carry firearms while on duty. Both England and New Zealand police force currently do not carry firearms and I believe this should change. The topic of New Zealand policemen carrying weapons has been a long debate and due to recent surveys, more than fifty percent of the New Zealand population…

Homicide and Assault: A Comparative Analysis of Attributes in Dallas Neighborhoods, 1981-1985 by Keith D. Harries from the University of Maryland Baltimore County hypothesized “the legal labels homicide and assault represent essentially similar behaviors differing principally in outcome rather than process” (p. 29). According to Harries (1989), to test this papers’ hypothesis it seeks the relationship between the high crime rates and the poverty areas based off the status of the neighborhoods (p…

Discourse Arguments will now be presented that philosophically justify the act of terrorism in the right instance. I am going to start by applying the Just War Principles to both case studies. Beginning with the Nelson Mandela case study, it is unclear as to whether the ANC is a legitimate authority to execute acts of violence towards a governing body. It could be argued that the ANC was a legitimate authority since in the end the party was unbanned and then elected into government in 1994…

Guns are an important significance for the human. People believe that guns have been used as deadly weapons in battle since the first gun was created. However, the roles of guns play in the modern society have long been debated. As the shooting continually happened in the world, people begin to attach importance to consider whether we need gun control. Whereas according to a Pew Foundation report, 79% of male gun owners, 80% of female gun owners, and 64% of people whose family members have guns,…