Gun Control Restrictions
Isabella Correa
Pr.
ENC
04/16/2013
Research Paper: Gun Control Restrictions According to the 2010 statistics presented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (UNODC,) in Great Britain, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, Canada, and Japan, a total of 294 people were murdered by firearms. In the United States more than 22,000 people were murdered by firearms by the end of the year. The difference that exists among these countries and The United States is that in these countries is very difficult to buy a firearm. In fact these countries have rigorous gun laws. In contrast in the United States people can buy a firearm in a pawnshop, in Wal-Mart, online, arm shows, newspapers ads, Craigslist, almost anywhere. In this essay, …show more content…
Therefore, I have some suggestions to try to have more realistic solutions. I think that a national system would be a great way to have more control over guns and people who own those arms. For instance, each every gun should be registered to a single owner. It would be helpful in identifying criminals. I think that mandatory background check for people who want to buy a gun would be very helpful to ensure that responsible people own guns. More severe judgment should be another suggestion to ensure the enforcement of the law. I also think that not everyone knows how to handle a gun properly, so gun education will prevent many accidents and tragedies. The last idea that I have come with is more complicated and less possible, but maybe in the future it would be used. The idea is that each gun has recorded its owner’s hand prints, and only the owner can use the …show more content…
In the article King writes that “any bills to change existing gun laws... quietly disappear into the legislative swamp.” King also says that “In the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings; gun advocates have to ask themselves if their zeal to protect even the outer limits of gun ownership have anything to do with preserving the Second Amendment as a whole, or if it is just a stubborn desire to hold onto what they have, and to hell with the collateral damage.” This article leads me to ask myself why government is waiting to take action with this issue. I decided to check how many massacres had occurred in the U.S. history. In the article from the Sky News website, titled “US Shooting: History of Deadliest Massacres,” the authors present a long summary of gun massacres that have occurred in the U.S. The list is too long to include in its entirety, so I would like to mention some: “San Diego, California (McDonalds restaurant) July 18th, 1984 – 21 killed (19 wounded) – James Oliver Huberty (aged 42, shot at scene by police); Killeen, Texas (restaurant) Oct 16th, 1991 – 23 killed (20 wounded) – George Hennard (aged 35, suicide at scene); Virginia Tech – April 16th, 2007 – 32 killed (25 wounded) Seung-Hui Cho (aged 23, suicide at scene); Fort Hood, Texas, (military base) Nov 5th, 2009 – 13 killed (29 wounded) – Nidal Malik Hasan
Pr.
ENC
04/16/2013
Research Paper: Gun Control Restrictions According to the 2010 statistics presented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (UNODC,) in Great Britain, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, Canada, and Japan, a total of 294 people were murdered by firearms. In the United States more than 22,000 people were murdered by firearms by the end of the year. The difference that exists among these countries and The United States is that in these countries is very difficult to buy a firearm. In fact these countries have rigorous gun laws. In contrast in the United States people can buy a firearm in a pawnshop, in Wal-Mart, online, arm shows, newspapers ads, Craigslist, almost anywhere. In this essay, …show more content…
Therefore, I have some suggestions to try to have more realistic solutions. I think that a national system would be a great way to have more control over guns and people who own those arms. For instance, each every gun should be registered to a single owner. It would be helpful in identifying criminals. I think that mandatory background check for people who want to buy a gun would be very helpful to ensure that responsible people own guns. More severe judgment should be another suggestion to ensure the enforcement of the law. I also think that not everyone knows how to handle a gun properly, so gun education will prevent many accidents and tragedies. The last idea that I have come with is more complicated and less possible, but maybe in the future it would be used. The idea is that each gun has recorded its owner’s hand prints, and only the owner can use the …show more content…
In the article King writes that “any bills to change existing gun laws... quietly disappear into the legislative swamp.” King also says that “In the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings; gun advocates have to ask themselves if their zeal to protect even the outer limits of gun ownership have anything to do with preserving the Second Amendment as a whole, or if it is just a stubborn desire to hold onto what they have, and to hell with the collateral damage.” This article leads me to ask myself why government is waiting to take action with this issue. I decided to check how many massacres had occurred in the U.S. history. In the article from the Sky News website, titled “US Shooting: History of Deadliest Massacres,” the authors present a long summary of gun massacres that have occurred in the U.S. The list is too long to include in its entirety, so I would like to mention some: “San Diego, California (McDonalds restaurant) July 18th, 1984 – 21 killed (19 wounded) – James Oliver Huberty (aged 42, shot at scene by police); Killeen, Texas (restaurant) Oct 16th, 1991 – 23 killed (20 wounded) – George Hennard (aged 35, suicide at scene); Virginia Tech – April 16th, 2007 – 32 killed (25 wounded) Seung-Hui Cho (aged 23, suicide at scene); Fort Hood, Texas, (military base) Nov 5th, 2009 – 13 killed (29 wounded) – Nidal Malik Hasan