Politicians have stated thy will introduce new laws wanting tougher background checks, forced registration, and outright banning of military looking firearms. All these types of new laws will cut down on crime and make this country a safer place. But I believe the way to protect against a bad person with a gun is a good person with a gun. First of all on the issue of it will cut down on violent crime, who are they kidding criminals rarely obey laws; studies show most criminals acquire guns through friends or theft. Adam Lanza the shooter at Newtown stole the guns he used from his mother.
70 percent is an unbelievable high number when it comes to homicides. How do you suppose the percent of killings increased to 70 without people being able to purchase a gun? Yes, there are some regulations on buying guns today but obviously not enough if guns cause 70 percent of homicides. When someone is buying a gun they are not going to tell the employees that they are going to go crazy and kill people. The owners of the gun stores are actually not responsible with what the clients do with the gun; therefore the employees have to do a background check
Just a few of the laws that Dianne is proposing is: Ban on certain more dangerous firearms, ban on importation of assault weapons and large capacity magazines, and no magazines more than ten rounds. this laws are intended to stop unnecessary use of firearms. although these laws may be able to stop the majority of criminals from getting weapons, its impossible to rid all weapons from the hands of criminals. These laws may represent the wrong balance, and could hurt America rather than helping it. Other
Gun control laws have become such a huge controversy in the United States due to the fact that citizens believe their Second Amendment right is being taken away from them. In my eyes, I believe that extended gun control measures should be taken to ensure that access to assault weapons should be limited to certain people. I believe one deserve a well rounded background check to see if any mental health issues are visible. I also believe you have the right to own a weapon and the government is not trying to take away your hunting rifles, personal permitted handguns, etc. They government is emphasizing more on the fully automatic weapons, explosives, armor and other things that only the military should have access to.
Anyone can obtain a gun by going to a state with less restrictive laws or by getting a friend who lives in the state to buy the guns for them. A national system would prevent this by scaring those "friends" into not buying the guns legally and selling them illegally, then if the guns are used in an illegal crime, that person can be held accountable. Secondly, a national system would be more helpful in tracking crimes after they have happened, to bring the perpetrators to justice. Instant background checks, on people attempting to buy guns or ammunition, are the next step in gun control. Brady system is still limited, and does have its flaws in tracking felons.
Gun Control Laws Who are the real killers the gun or us? The gun laws today are getting looser and looser when it comes to who can buy them and operate them with or without a license. Now a days many people buy their guns for auctions or on the black market for little to nothing and they don’t even have to own a gun permeate or a gun license most situation. In Memphis TN we have the most nonchalant gun laws that you can find in the south, and the reason I say that is because you can be 16 years of age and own a hunters rifle with legal paper work or a license. Most of the people that I know that own guns back home don’t even have a gun license and they are not planning on owning one anytime soon.
I personally am a strong believer that an “ideal society” should have no guns; nevertheless crime is a big problem to the citizens of our society and guns are necessary. Therefore, it is not recommended that we ban guns completely. The most pragmatic thing to do is to reduce the availability of guns and make it difficult to procure them by making sure that they are given only to people who are mentally capable of handling them. There is a definite need to ban guns since their liberal usage leads to large-scale public massacres, which are suited for the field of war, not civilized society. Weapons like automatic rifles and assault weapons are tools created with the purpose of mass killings.
Many people believe that it may be due to the economy and the struggle of people living in poverty to provide for their families. However in many of the recent shootings the firearm abuser has had either mental or emotional distress in different forms. One example of this is the recent fire fighter shooting that took place in Webster, New York. Sixty two year old William Spengler armed with a Bushmaster .223 Semi-automatic rifle the same firearm used in the Sandy Hook elementary shooting a few days before, implemented a horrible act on December twenty sixth of 2012. The rampage that ensued on this day started mainly after William received the news of his mother passing.
Gun Control One of the hot issues during election season is the Second Amendment, which is the right to bear arms. Lawmakers, citizens, and gun lobbyists have been arguing over gun control for over a century. Just in the past two years this issue has made it to the nation’s highest court. In the ruled in a 5-4 decision that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a gun for traditionally lawful purposes like personal defense inside a home. The Supreme Court ruled that the right to bear arms applies to the to the local and state level.
Without this gun, a dangerous or mentally insane criminal would likely injure or kill the victim with an illegally obtained gun or other weapon. If one focuses on the fact that criminals are obtaining their weapons illegally the large majority of the time, another hole can be seen in the argument of gun control advocates; criminals certainly do not obey the law, so if guns are very hard or impossible to obtain legally, this will not stop a criminal. So what if one was to look at a crime taking place in a society where guns are illegal? The scene would play out something like: a law abiding citizen would have their home invaded by a criminal with a gun, obtained illegally, and could do nothing as the criminal violated their safety, stole from them, and possibly injured or even killed the helpless victim who could not defend themselves without a gun. Criminals with guns would run amok robbing and murdering with no citizen