Gun Control History

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Gun Control YourFirstName YourLastName University title 1. History of Legislative Bans on Products & Services in the United States How can a government ban be described? This is a rule or a law that stops something from being done or used (Rosenberg, 2012). Rosenberg also argues that a ban can sometimes be referred to as a prohibition. Proponents of government bans argue that they help in: Improving moral values and standards in the society, reducing crime rate, improving health and also reducing crime rate. On the other hand, critics of government bans argue that government bans create favorable conditions for black markets for illegal goods and products, increase levels of corruption among politicians and police plus also…show more content…
Kelly is a politician from Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party. She has served; in the House of Representatives, as a chief of staff for the Illinois State Treasurer and also the Cook County chief administrative officer. At the moment she is the serving at the Congress after winning the Illinois’s second congressional district special election. Kelly advocates for policies and practices that would restrict and limit the production, possession, importation, sale and also use of guns and other firearms by private citizens (Peterson & Stebner, 2013). She is of the perception that high rates of injury and gun mortality are on the increase due to lenient gun control policies. She argues that the increased possession of firearms, especially illegal guns, has increased gun violence and organized criminal activities. According to (Peterson & Stebner, 2013) Kelly also argues that on average up to 32,000 people lose their lives while 69,000 people are injured in the whole of America due to guns. Gun mortality and injury not only reduce the country’s productivity and performance but also cost the U.S over $100 billion to especially law enforcement agencies in fighting…show more content…
This is a non-profit organization founded in 1871 that advocates for the rights of private citizens to bear arms, self-defense, police training, firearm safety and also hunting. Jutha also argues that the NRA considers gun ownership to be a civil right, therefore, it considers itself as the largest and oldest serving civil rights group in the whole of America. NRA is lobbying for gun rights and it’s of the thought that; every citizen has the right to keep and bear firearms for their defense plus also as way for promoting individual liberties. NRA argues that victims who are not armed are more exposed to their attackers while armed victims are in a good position to protect their lives and overcome life threatening situations (Rogers, 2013). Since law enforcers are not enough to ensure safety for every citizens, citizens should be allowed to protect themselves. Opponents of gun control like NRA also argue that gun control policies are for authoritarian models of government like the Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy (Rogers, 2013). These are governments that disarm the population due to the fear of being overthrown due to their bad governance and violation of human rights. Therefore, democrats should not be afraid of being overthrown by disarming citizens if they respect human
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