Semi-automatic firearm

me strict. Currently, the United States has 50% percent of the domestic gun holders across the World, and over 10,000 people in the United States die each year from semi-automatic guns. There have been too many tragic incidents in the past years involving guns, and the gun laws seem to never make it harder for people to obtain firearms. Take sandy hook into consideration, the person responsible for the shooting was mentally ill and the parents were well aware of it. The mother of the child…

Increased gun control is needed to reduce incidents of gun violence in the U.S. Contention 1: States with stricter gun control laws have fewer deaths from gun-related violence compared to states with more lax laws Gun-related violence can be associated with the the restrictions put in place by certain states. According to a study put together by the Harvard School of Public Health, states in which guns are more prevalent--as in Wyoming, where 63% of households reported owning guns--rates of…

People are dying. Most liberals blame guns for these deaths but it is common sense that guns cannot kill by themselves. They need an evil person to use them. You cannot blame guns for these deaths. When police respond to threats of shooters the police bring guns with them, why? So they can neutralize the threat. Now in a recent mass shooting, Orlando, police took over three hours to get inside the nightclub and kill Omar Mateen. If an experienced gun owner had been carrying a gun inside of the…

favor of banning assault weapons and fifty-eight percent of Americans agree on banning semi-automatic weapons. If we banned these weapons Americans could still keep their basic hand gun rights to help protect themselves, while protecting ourselves at the same time. Regulations such as banning certain types of fire-arms, requiring background checks at gun show sales, and preventing mentally ill from purchasing firearms, are all regulations that more than half Americans agree on. Enforcing these…

They have also banned all automatic weapons to decrease the amount of deaths. Their advice for the united states is, “lots of guns don’t mean lots of violence.” As shown in global lessons on guns. In Australia, the liberals and conservatives came to an agreement in which they banned semi-automatic guns, they issued a buy back for the guns, in which they paid people for their semi-automatic guns, by doing so they destroyed 600,000 guns! In this country they…

about the endless violence throughout history involving guns. She mentions how people are lobbying for gun control as well as Government leaders who promise to offer some type of solution that would prevent horrendous acts of brutality linked to firearms. However, there is the opposite force, which is the National Rifle Association that is also lobbying to prevent stricter gun control. Beck (2016) also stresses on how gun violence has been a major player as back as the massacres that took place…

Roosevelt enacted the National Firearms Act of 1934, which was the commencement of any regulation and control over firearms. Furthermore, this enactment made all purchases of a weapon at the time to be archived in a national registry and imposed a $200 tax on the sale of firearms, which at the time included; machine guns, and sawed-off shotguns. President Franklin D. Roosevelt continues his progression of gun control later in 1938 when he introduces the National Firearms Act of 1938, which was…

Gun Control A firearm is considered to be a weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder. There are many different types of firearms such as, a revolver, pistol, rifle, and shotgun. Not only are there different types of firearm, but as well as different firing mechanisms. You have two different options, semi-automatic and automatic. With a semi-automatic gun you have to squeeze the trigger each time you shoot, with an automatic gun as long as you hold the trigger it will shoot until you…

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…

anyone attempting to buy a gun. Launched by the FBI on November 30, 1998, NICS is used by the Federal Firearms Licensees, or the FFL. Before making the sale, cashiers call in to the FBI or another agency to make sure the customer does not have a criminal record or is otherwise ineligible to purchase a firearm or explosive…