Gun laws in the United States

The Ineffective Gun Control Laws in The United States Compared to other economically similar countries, the United States has one of the highest firearm assault ratings in the world. The longer the US keeps things the way they are the more people 's lives are at risk. Thousands of people die every year due to gun violence, this should be reason enough to change the on going problem. A common argument is “guns don 't kill people, people kill people”. Admittedly people do bear some…

Freedom and Firearms Gun laws create a platform for debate. Some people believe that we should take away all guns, and other people believe that everyone should have the ability to obtain a gun without a waiting period. Gun laws do not affect the criminals that they were intended to affect. In the United States, the Constitution states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” (James…

10-11-16 Should The United States Adapt Stricter Gun Laws? On an average day, 91 Americans are killed with guns. In the united states the murder rate by guns is twenty-five times the average of other developed countries. This needs to be put to an end. In the video, Global Lessons On Guns. We learn about gun control in four other different countries and then make a decision based on this information, should the united states have stricter gun control? The united states gun control is easier…

Lepore, a Harvard professor of United States History, a 1991 poll in the US found that people were more likely to know of the Second Amendment: the “right to bear arms” than they were to know the First: the freedom of speech, religion, and assembly (Lepore). This startling fact clearly shows that US citizens prioritize guns very highly, perhaps over our own freedom. However, the interpretation of the Second Amendment as the right of citizens to carry any and all types of guns wherever they want,…

problem in the United States. Both sides of the issue are vehement in their position, whether they are for or against gun control. Despite what side of the issue someone is on, the problem of gun violence needs to addressed. Every day in the United States people are shot and killed by fire arms; sometimes out of anger, accident, or suicide. In the United States guns are a common culture acceptance, however not all countries share our view. In the article "Finland Defends Gun Laws,"writer…

Does Gun Control Reduce Crime? Gun control law has been one the most argued topic in the past decade in United States. Crime is widely viewed as a major issue for every society, government always tried to find solution in order to reduce the crime and violent rates. That is why gun control law and gun ownership has been argued intensively. However there has been a question, did gun control law reduce crime rate? In my opinion: No, because if people want to kill, they will find weapons to…

Guns are a huge aspect of the American culture; however, it is one of the most divided issues the United States faces. Many see guns as the source of crimes in the United States and regulating them is crucial. Others see regulation as an infringement of the second amendment of the Constitution and oppose any kind of regulation on guns. When a gun incident occurs, for example the mass shooting at Newtown, the question is raised again in Washington on, how can the United States prevent or lower…

the 2nd Amendment. The 2nd Amendment states " A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." The 2nd Amendment is part of our constitution and allows citizens if the United States to protect themselves. For this reason, it should not be changed. A main reason why the 2nd Amendment should not be changed is that it allows citizens to protect themselves. If guns were taken away from…

Gun control is a highly debated topic in the United States. For Americans, the 2nd Amendment “the right to bear arms” should be followed and not to be messed with. There has been 45 mass shootings in this year alone and the amount of active shootings has increased tremendously since 2001. This leads people to ask the question, should we have stricter gun controls laws here in the United States? More Americans seem to believe that more guns will solve all of the violence. According to the 2014…

Guns: Are They Worth the Risk? Imagine a nation without the laws that regulate firearms such as fully automatic weapons. A place where felons and the mentally ill are capable of obtaining a firearm with ease. A nation where a parent sends their children to school hoping that they return safely. If gun legislation is kept in place, this grim image of the world will not exist. One might argue that gun control eliminates the basic rights granted by the Second Amendment; however, this is inaccurate…