National Firearms Act

President Obama, for example, spoke many times of establishing a national assault-weapons ban because he believed it would help to impede the recent mass shootings that were occurring. (Cohen 1). Another example, Hillary Clinton, claims that guns will not make Americans safer. (Hyde Park Declaration 1). Now it is easy…

Throughout American history we as citizens have been able to possess and purchase firearms. Consequently, with the ownership of firearms just like the ownership of anything else, it is abused. Through this abuse there has been only one irrational reaction and that would be stricter gun control laws. However, the government, ill-advised on what to do about it imposes stricter and stricter laws but what they do not realize is that they are taking them away from those who are truly responsible…

their firearms. A report in 2000 by engineering statistician William Sturdevant, showed that the general public in Texas is 5.3 times more likely to be arrested for violent crimes and 14 times more likely to be arrested for non-violent crimes than citizens who have concealed weapons permits. Another analysis found that concealed handgun permit holders in North Carolina are 5 times less likely to kill someone than the general public, 5.48 times less likely to commit a violent crime with a…

common, suicide rates were also lower. This statement was supported by a study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health Professor of Health Policy David Hemenway. Hemenway quotes in this study that “studies show that most (suicide) attempters act on impulse, in moments of panic or despair. Once the…

causes for the gun violence is the presence of guns in our society, The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is a system that saves lives by protecting people from injury. They secure innocents by not letting firearms fall into the wrong hands (The Federal Bureau of Investigation). Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) use NICS to confirm whether the buyers are eligible to purchase or not. Before purchasing a firearm the cashier makes a call to the FFL to check whether the buyer…

One of the most controversial topics of today’s time is gun control. There have been many shootings since gun laws have changed. Gun control laws restrict the possession and use of firearms. Since 1993, the rate of crimes committed with a gun has decreased up until 2013, and then the numbers went back up. There was a time where carrying a concealed weapon made communities safer, but today, communities are not safer just because people are allowed to carry a concealed weapon. I’ll be using…

“More than 150 U.S. college campuses have allowed concealed carry for a combined total of almost 1,500 semesters (spring/fall) over the past twenty years. Not one of these campuses has seen a single resulting act of violence (including threats) or a single resulting suicide attempt” (Campus). The presence of guns on over 150 college campuses has not resulted in any safety problems, and one could even say that the knowledge that guns are present on campuses may have prevented any potential…

Within the criminal justice system one of the most renowned weapons used, is a handgun. It has been around as early as 1364, when the first firearm was built. The invention of handguns started off as a tool of protection and tactical defense, but later evolved into many more uses such as hunting, sports and even hobbies. Many have considered it to be one of the greatest inventions but like any other inventions there are flaws that comes with it, like being known as one of the biggest cause of…

from 1993-2011. The U.S. Department of Justice states that there were 478,400 fatal and nonfatal crimes committed with firearms. (Planty and Truman, 1) That number breaks down to an alarming number of about 60 crimes committed with firearms per hour. 224,322 of these 478,400 crimes were homicides involving firearms. (Planty and Truman, 2) 32,849 of these 224,322…

People who like guns say that because of the second amendment it is okay and it doesn't help the suicide rates. To start, in 1934 President Franklin D. Roosevelt put out a “New Deal for Crime” (The Washington Post).One part of it is the National Firearms Act of 1934, the first federal gun-control law, which imposes “a restrictive $200 tax on the manufacture or sale of machine guns and sawed-off shotguns” (The Washington Post).All sales were to be recorded in…