This causes that not in favor of guns control to have access to the guns easily. Also, the making and involvement of government in regulating the guns is thwarted from these parties with vested interest in the industry (Nemerov, 2008)
The gun control movement is currently receiving support from various individuals like lawyers, congressional representatives, President Obama, and relatives, friends, and families of victims of gun-related violence. For example, Francine Wheeler, the mother of a child that died in the Sandy Hook shooting in December 2012, made a plea on national radio and internet, to President Obama to do something about guns, "before out tragedy becomes your tragedy" (Audi and Andy 1)
Gun Control & Push for Gun Control The debate over gun control is concerned about the efficacy of reducing accidental deaths and crime, and measures to adapt. Gun control discussions leads to clashes between interest groups, like the National Rifle Association, which retain financial and membership advantages over those seeking for addition of regulations on firearms (Bruce and Wilcox 8)
The goal is to create an understanding of the long-standing complexity involving the issue, and the lack of consensus over the decades among interest groups, government, and legal frameworks. Gun control as a topic of public policy discussion began earnestly in the 1960s, with the American Bar Association and professional association of lawyers advocating for the enactment of tighter gun control measures (Carter 12)
They argue that the increasing regulations on gun control will leave them vulnerable, since tight gun laws prevent law-abiding citizens from accessing guns when they need protection. They identify that guns are required for self-protection especially among vulnerable individuals and groups like gays (Kohn 23)
Congress is currently working on passing a number of gun regulations that would make it difficult and open to heavy fines to illegally purchase and use weapons, including more dangerous weapons like fully automatic guns. One article in Time Magazine highlights how two measures specifically are important here: the concept of making illegal position of fully automatic weapons and assault riffles a felony and the increase in required federal background checks for the initial sale of such guns (Calabresi 1)
Such thinking has caused many states to be extremely conservative with their own gun regulation, allowing for citizens to purchase dangerous weapons with little regulations or background checks. Unfortunately, "many people don't realize that, in most states, individuals convicted of violent misdemeanors with court-issued restraining orders for domestic violence, or who have a serious history of mental illness or substance abuse, can legally possess firearms" (Devi 1545)
There is no way Jareed Lee Loughner, responsible for shooting in Tucson, Arizona, on January 8, 2011, would have been able to kill six people and wound Representative Giffords without guns. And there is no way the Norway terrorist who took the lives of seventy youth in the Utoya Camp last year in July would have been able to kill so many people with baseball bats of pocket knives (Blodget; Henigan)
And there is no way the Norway terrorist who took the lives of seventy youth in the Utoya Camp last year in July would have been able to kill so many people with baseball bats of pocket knives (Blodget; Henigan). And there are too many cases when the availability of guns increases the risk of homicides, even involving teenagers (Erbe)
The homicide and suicide rates in the United States are one of the highest in the world, and the highest in developed countries. Cross-country comparative studies, comparing the United States with countries that have similar political and social culture such as Canada, England, and New Zealand, have revealed that none of those have the same level of homicide and suicide rates (Hemenway)
Indirect connections also need to be addressed, as gun ownership can lead to a higher crime level because individuals predisposed to committing crime find it easier to procure firearms in an environment where they are widespread. Also, considering that "more than 500,000 are stolen each year nationwide" (Cook, 2004, 7), it is only safe to assume that many gun owners are indirectly responsible for the fact that criminals have access to firearms
Another gun activist says that having a gun at home is a lot more risky than not having a gun. There is even a scary figure from Aultman Medical center Doctor Eileen McCabe that says, "A gun kept in the house is 43 times more likely to murder someone known to the family than an attacker or an intruder" (Bruce & Clyde 48)
In fact, the gun-control rules that Obama is clamoring for are the very rules that contributed to the deaths of various innocent victims in the U.S. (Carter 121)
The government can never be held responsible for protecting its people; it has always been the individuals' responsibility to protect themselves and the government's responsibility to protect the right. As seen in all mass shootings, the government is not capable of defending the population from these types of attacks (Crooker 50)
The attractiveness of the constitution is that it can be modified. The ancestors realized they could not anticipate the future, thus made the constitution a pliable document (Goss 70)
Although many people would like to believe that the government is doing something, the changes cannot be felt especially at such times when the shootings of innocent citizens are rampant. Some advocates of gun control believe that the absolute prohibition of guns is the best way to safeguard people (Lott 40)
However, due to several reasons which are explained below, this paper strongly supports the introduction of firm regulations that can better control who and for what reasons purchases arms. First, we live in a world with increasing violence (Gilovich et
S. is the only modern country which "persists in maintaining a gun culture" (Hofstadter), having the highest gun ownership rate in the world
S. Constitution, adopted in 1971 (Lenz,2004:82): "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
S. Secret Service of 37 premeditated school shootings found that bullying, which some of the shooters described 'in terms that approached torment,' played a major role in more than two-thirds of the attacks" (Boodman, 2006)