That's because anti-gun laws don't affect criminals, who ignore the laws. Government studies prove it, finding that most criminals get guns through theft or the black market, where gun laws have no effect. Wayne Lapierre. Chief Executive Officer, National Rifle Association states” The 20,000 anti-gun laws already on the books in states, cities, and towns throughout the U.S. too often disarm innocent victims. That's one reason why violent crime is often highest in places with the toughest anti-gun laws.
In the mid-2000s, when crime rates were declining fast, almost 70% of Americans wrongly said that crime rates had risen over the past year. Analysis: Why gun controls are off the agenda in America What force on earth could convince Americans that down is up? The most powerful force of all: television. TV news -- and especially local TV news -- is dominated by news of violent crime, the more spectacular and murderous the better. TV news creates a false picture of a country under attack by rampaging criminals, and especially nonwhite criminals.
The House of Representatives originates and spends bills. The Senate impeaches officials and approves treaties. The soul duty of the Legislative Branch is to make Laws. “Under the Constitution, Congress has legislative authority, but that power is partly shared with other branches and thus checked by them” (Patterson 51). This describes that the legislative branch does not have power over any other branch of government; there is checks and balances always occurring throughtout the government.”Within Cogress, there is a further check on legislative power: for legislation to passed, a majority in each chamber of Congress is required” (Patterson 51).
It is not safe for anyone to be able to get their’ hands on certain gun. For the safety of our nation, there should be more in-forced restriction on who is able and not able to purchase a gun. There are about 200 to 250 million guns in America, and of these, about a third are handguns, which means the other 2/3rds are more powerful guns. Within all the different kinds of weapons, guns are used in approximately 70 percent of killings according to the FBI. 70 percent is an unbelievable high number when it comes to homicides.
accident, suicide or homicide) a gun was involved in 22% of them, handguns in about 13% of them. In addition, there were also over 650,000 violent crimes involving guns in some way in 1985, over 540,000 of them (82%) involving handguns. Guns were involved in about 12% of all violent crime, and handguns in about 10%. The majority of the gun crimes were assaults, mostly threats without any injury or any element of theft or rape. First, the prospects for reducing violence by restricting guns depends to a great extent on how many guns there are, how people get them, why they own them, and how strongly they would resist or evade gun controls in order to hold onto them.
Then are those who hate guns, are terrified of guns, and think guns should all be illegal. All the original amendment rights have been altered in some way since they were first derived in the late 1700’s. Gun control is a touchy subject in America. Several years ago a shooting took place at Virginia Tech killing 32 people. This kind of violence allowed many questions to arise about what could have been done to avoid the shootings.
Obama voted for the AR band and McCain voted against it. They were also veiwing different sides when it came to the Heller vs. Columbia case. McCain wanted the ban on guns in D.C to be lifeted while Obama did not say a thing. McCain also voted on a bill that went against the government taking the citizens fire-arms in times of crises’s. So as you can see from where they stand Obama is a little more for Gun Control while McCain is almost completely Agenst it.
When a tragedy such as Columbine strikes much of society puts the blame on guns and finds solution in making gun laws even tighter as if taking the weapon away would stop the crime. The United States has and enforces much needed gun laws, but should focus on the root of the problem with regard to violent crime: the person committing the crime and why, not the weapon of choice. It seems in the past 15 years there has been a dramatic rise in school and public occupancy shootings. Again, many
All of these restrictions were broken by the shooter in Newtown. In this case, there was a law for gun control and despite its “toughness,” the law did not make a difference when faced with the combination of penal consequences for violations and the best interest of citizen safety. According to the 2011 FBI crime report, there were 8,583 homicides by firearms in 2011, out of 12,664 homicides total. In addition, the statistics show that more than two-thirds of homicides involved a firearm. These statistics reveal the prevalence of gun violence and can support a citizen’s claim for gun control reform.
Edward Valiente English 120 Professor Taylor 11/20/11 Gun Control The United States is the leader among nations in deaths caused by firearms. According to the Legal Community Against Violence (LCAV), the “gun epidemic” kills more than 30,000 and causes almost 70,000 injuries each year (para 7). Eventually, this leads to an uprising of gun control advocates, who seek to reduce crime and death rates by setting a variety of gun control legislation among the state and federal levels. Although, anti-gun control advocates believe that heavy restrictions on the access of firearms is unfair to American citizens, and a violation of the 2nd amendment in the U.S. constitution. However, evidence shows that a lower restriction on gun control ensures