In The United States of America there are lots of problems that are plaguing our nation. Gun Control is a problem that there is lots of controversy over. This is a problem that had a fire reignited under it when on December 14, 2012 a school in Connecticut was attacked. Many legislative bills have been introduced since then. (Focus of U.S Gun Control Shifts to States Year after Newtown Shooting) There are lots of issues that we have in our community with Gun Control that we have controversy over: background checks, age, classes, military guns, pistols, shotguns, and rifles. All of these things are apart of the plague in our Nation. On December 14, 2012 Alex Lanza used a Bushmaster AR-15, he killed twenty, first graders and six adults. (Fired Up) Alex Lanza did not have a permit to carry a concealed handgun; there is no knowledge if he had proper training. (Clint Best) After Lanza committed this horrible act of violence people started to push the gun control laws more furiously. Lanza was thought to have asperger’s syndrome but this was never confirmed. Lanza opened the door for many gun lobbyists and vice versa for the gun control advocates. One way gun control advocates have tried to reduce the number of guns being issued to citizens of the United States of America is to require background checks. Background checks are performed on some weapons but they want a full background check for felonies, mental issues, proper classes, safety precautions to name a few. Background checks would make sure that if you have any type of police record you will be given a second look and make sure that you are fit to own a gun. (Asa Best) If you have a record this does not mean that you will not be able to own a gun it may just mean that your ch... ... middle of paper ... ...rage American to purchase a handgun are being presented to our legislation. Although most are turned down most bills are aimed toward handguns.(Clint Best) The Gun Control problem in the United States of America is all because of the problem that we have with people not knowing how to use a gun, and the safety. The reason the laws are being brought to legislation is make sure that we protect our second amendment. Make sure that every American has the same right a bear a weapon, no matter the age but if they are fit to own a weapon. Works Cited Focus of U.S. Gun Control Battle Shifts to States Year after Newtown Shooting." CBSNews. CBS Interactive, 9 Dec. 2013. Web. 09 Dec. 2013. "How the Gun-Rights Lobby Won After Newtown." PBS. PBS, 10 Dec. 2013. Web. 12 Dec. 2013. HIGHTOWER, CANDICE. "Fired Up." Jet 122.18 (2013): 11. Middle Search Plus. Web. 16 Dec. 2013.
Gun control is a topic that stirs a strong opinion from the general public. Gun control is the effort to regulate or control usage and sales of guns. The right to bear arms is granted to all Americans by the Second Amendment and many consider it essential to maintain order in the United States of America. Even though this was the Second Amendment right granted to citizens in the Bill of Rights, many Americans opt not to own a gun, and others would like for this right to be abolished altogether. Both sides of this issue have a good argument, but when further researched, there are many more details that come up explain why siding against gun control is a better conclusion for the United States and its people. Some may say gun control should be enforced because it will make the pubic a safer place to be and decrease gun violence. “An average of eight children and teens under the age of twenty are killed by guns every day" ("Brady Campaign to prevent Gun Violence", 2012). The United States' current president, Barack Obama, is currently working on enforcing and passing more laws and legislation to protect the families and the citizens of the United States. The successful enforcement of our current laws would be a major stride toward decreasing the amount of crimes committed with guns and the amount of criminals with gun possession. The most challenging element of the gun control debate is whether existing gun laws are adequate or whether more gun laws need to be created and enforced.
Gun control had been a phenomenal issue in our country. In December 15, 1791 the second amendment established in the top ten amendments in the Constitution by James Madison. The amendment stated that people have a rights to bear arm to protect themself, their loved ones and their property. To legally get a gun you have to be 21 years old and over, without any criminal history nor committed in any mental institution then you need to apply for it and got a handgun safety test. After the whole process you can purchase a firearm easily. The whole purpose of the amendment was for self-defense but now people been taking advantage of it and use it for violence. Throughout the years there was so many times people use it to killed and harmed other instead of protecting. They used firearm for the wrong purpose and it affected a lot of other people. I believe our government need to have strict laws and more requirements to be able to own a firearm. It’s true that our current laws prevent certain people from getting a firearm but it did not complete stopping them from having an access to a firearm and use it to do something awful. In 2011, due to record US have 12,664 murders and 8,583 were caused by firearms which mean 68% out of 100. Firearm is one of the most quickest and dangerous weapons out there. If our government do not taking action soon there will ...
The controversy with gun control that has developed over the past century has had many causes. Over the past century, since the first act of gun control policy was past in 1911 there has been an auterauge of gun control acts that have followed in its place. These acts have helped to insure the safety of the public from gun violence. Prior to the 20th century, no gun laws were instated for public protection and people were able to obtain a firearm without a license or permit. Today there are over 20,000 laws (Crimes and Criminal procedure, index) that are instated which limit the use of firearms to certain individuals that do not meet the proper criteria....
The gun control topic is one of the most controversial themes in the United States. Many citizens worry about the facts that guns are getting out of control and crime is increasing. I think there are solutions that will help to have a better control of guns in the U.S, such as reducing military weapons, reduction of capacity of magazines, and increase the age for buying guns to 24 years old.
Gun control has been a problem for many years. A vast majority of citizens believe that if guns were taken away it would quickly reduce the threat of a crime. People that are innocent feel like they have the right to bear arms for protection, or even for the thrill of hunting. People are penalized for protecting their lives, or even for enjoying a sport. To have gun control throughout the nation means violating a person’s constitutional rights. Although people feel like taking away guns will limit crime, this issue should not exist due to the fact that guns are needed and necessary for self -defense against crime. Enforcing gun control is violating a citizen’s second amendment right to bear arms. This goes to show that throughout history governments have seemed to have sided with their citizens, although in reality the governments have seemed to have sided with their authority to remove liberties. The people’s right to bear arms is our only defense against the onslaught of oppressive government tyranny.
Unfortunately, gun control has become a huge issue recently. It is a battle between those who fear the power and stronghold that guns have on our country and those who exercise our second amendment right daily. This controversy is not new, nor will it ever go away. as the threat of terror increases, so will the fear. With fear sprouts panic, which leads to more intense laws and major contention between the government and other opposing
Gun laws have caused major controversy throughout the years. According to “Gun Control: An Overview,” “The 1999 Columbine High School massacre, the 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech, and the string of mass shootings since then, including the 2011 Tucson shooting, the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, the 2015 San Bernardino shooting, and the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting, have pushed the gun control debate further into the public eye” (Lee and Stignl). These senseless crimes occurred due to gun owners using their weapons in a senseless manner.
The effects of a mass shooting, especially one like the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, can have many effects on a nation. Whatever the effects may be, the effects have a common denominator of shock and sorrow. Human nature then leads people to hold other people or things responsible for the event. Organized groups form and demands are made in order to prevent a similar event from occurring. In the case of a mass murder, these groups either demand for stricter gun laws, or promote the use of guns for self defense. The depressing reality is that no sort of regulation could have prevent someone like Adam Lanza from doing what he did on that cold December morning. No law may prevent a mentally deranged person from becoming an active mass
In today’s society, gun control is currently a topic of debate in the United States. It seems as though almost every day the media is reporting the latest shooting or crime committed with a firearm. The acts of gun violence have reached far and wide, attacking even the places considered the safest, such as schools and churches. In the last 20 years, there have been numerous school shootings across the U.S., coupled with other serious acts of gun violence. These tragedies have greatly affected public opinion on gun control and interpretation of the Constitution’s Second Amendment. Recent school shootings, including those at Columbine High School in Colorado and Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, have caused some Americans to adopt a more liberal philosophy in regards to gun control, while some have upheld a more
Gun control has been a major issue for many years now and it seems as time progresses gun violence rates are increasing. There has been massive shootings in the United States because not everyone who posses a gun is in the right state of mind. Firearms have been handed down to the wrong people and the laws they have against firearms have been very controversial. There are many disagreements to the safety requirements of purchasing a gun. Although they have been safety requirements before it has not stopped the violence because it keeps increasing. Therefore the law makers have been discussing if guns should be allowed or banned from certain places.
When it comes to gun control America seems to have divided opinions. It’s hard to tell if stricter gun control laws would solve the problem of mass shootings. The root of the argument is over the meaning of the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment has been scrutinized and debated over the past decade. With an abundance of inexplicable and vicious killings, the Second Amendment has been put under both the political and social microscope. Parties on both ends of the spectrum argue in attempt to try and prevent the tragedies we have seen in Sandy Hook and the recent Navy Yard Shooting in D.C, as well as multiple others. One group wishes to crack down on gun control by imposing harsher and more state gun control laws, while
The issue of gun control is a largely debated topic. Shootings have been a major issue, yet no one has a solution to the problem. Although, In the wake of so many tragic mass shootings, like the recent Parkland, Florida shooting, the conversation tend to pull in two directions; Those who believe gun laws should be less strict and those pushing for more restrictions. The Government should ban gun control because of it leading to many shootings in the United States.
Gun Control is a highly controversial issue in the United States for the past several decades. From assassinations to mass shootings, every time guns violence comes together the issue surfaces. People argue that we should act on stricter gun laws in the U.S. to hinder the crime rate. The nation is divided in this issue; both sides taking a firm stance in what they believe what should be done with guns.
Gun control is an awfully big issue in the United States today. Many people in America don’t agree with the gun control laws that they have today. Gun control laws only take guns and freedom away from law-abiding citizens. Many citizens have their own reasons for owning a gun. Why would the government want to make it harder for people to own a gun? People that own guns aren’t very likely to be attacked by criminals. Owning a handgun is one of the best ways of protection when used correctly. The second amendment states “the right to bear arms”; does this grant everyone the right to own a gun? Gun control laws have not been proven to do anything for citizens. Gun control laws just make it harder for the good guy average Joe to own a gun. Gun
Gun control is one of the most popular disputed topics in the United States right now. The government is trying to regulate how they are sold and what we do with them. We are a constitutional republic which means our government has to follow the constitution no matter what. It is plainly stated that we have the right to bear arms, and shouldn't that be the case for everyone? Gun laws should not be changed or adjusted in the United states, people depend on them for protection and maybe even a source of food. Yes gun violence is an issue, but adding more laws and regulations will not help. There will always be some way around the laws and people who use guns poorly.