and walked up to the register pulls out a firearm and directs the cashier to give him his till. The cashier is shocked and puts his hands in the air then the robber yells at him to reach down and grab the till. When the cashier reaches down, he grabs a firearm instead of reaching for the till, and the scarred robber panics and runs away. Many people argue that stricter gun control laws could have prevented a criminal from walking into the store with a firearm in the first place. The belief is…
write about a very controversial topic, a topic that is relevant in every presidential campaign, a topic that truly interest me not only as a student but as a citizen, I am writing about firearm regulations. This topic also interests me as an avid gun collector. California has some of the strictest regulations on firearms and receives an enormous amount of scrutiny for having them. Unfortunately, this is the type of precautionary measure we need to be taking nation wide. Some of the policies i…
Could one imagine the black fear that will engulf their soul if they heard their child’s school just underwent a shooting? Would one contain the strength to watch their loved ones lowered into the ground in their casket because of the misuse of a firearm? Unfortunately, all of these situations occur very often in today’s society because of the leniency of gun laws across the nation. As a nation we can easily silence the suffering of many families and friends with minor tightening of the nation’s…
Facebook, and showed how he killed an elder on Easter in Cleveland, Ohio. In this case, the reason of why he killed the elder is only for fun. Nowadays, firearms make the United States to be a special and powerful country in the world. Since most of people owned firearms for many reasons such as to hunt, to protect themselves, and to feel stronger, firearms have been an indispensable part of the United States. However, in recent years, the issue of people carrying guns has become a main problem…
used in a violent crime; civilians often look to obtain firearms for self-defense or sport. In the United States, citizens have the right to bear arms, which is a right protected by the Second Amendment of the Constitution. Nevertheless, with every right, there are laws that need to be followed. Gun control laws try to prevent the use of firearms by criminals and minors but there are ways around it that can be completely legal for the firearm provider in private transactions. According to the…
country to ensure our safety, but should not be strict enough to limit the power of the people. Some citizens think that just any criminal could walk into their closest sporting goods store and buy a firearm. This however is incorrect. On federal and state levels, there is restrictions on the selling of firearms. Citizens must go through a routine background check to purchase a rifles and shotguns . A handgun is more difficult to purchase. The sale of a handgun requires the buyer to have a…
times, it's time to become stricter with who owns firearms and what kinds. In order to show just how bad the gun violence is we'll have recorded stats of the recent past crimes. Ways the states have taken safety into their own hands, and the points of the government officials possible solutions. The best way to start preventing firearm attacks is to understand its effects on people already. Knowing the seriousness will show just how much the firearm system has to change. From a survey of…
involving firearms have encouraged Canadian Parliament to pass tougher gun control legislation. In the early 1800s, Canada lacked a rational/permanent, gun policy. The gun restrictions that did exist were temporary executed during elections and rebellions. The federal government is mainly responsible for guns and gun control in Canada. Legislation covering guns and gun control in Canada consists mainly of Part II of the Criminal Code of Canada and related regulations, and the Firearms Act. The…
lower these numbers. One hotly debated method for doing this is though controlling access to firearms. Many believe limiting access to firearms through gun control reduces violent gun crime by making guns harder to get a hold of them. Suggested methods for doing this include weapon specific bans, increased background check laws, licensing and registrations laws, and increased enforcement of federal firearms license (FFL) regulations. In many of the arguments for decreasing access the…
suicide rate (by any method) was 45.06 per 100,000 people in 1999, the highest suicide rate among 71 countries with available information”(ProCon). A background check should be performed on everyone that owns a firearm. If one is not mentally stable they should not be able to posses a firearm. Many people are concerned with mass shootings that occur within the United States. “Out of the twenty five worst mass public shootings from January 1970 through June 2016, only one occurred here: The…