000 laws on the books at the local‚ state and federal levels‚ firearms are in fact one of the most regulated products in America‚” says the National Riffle Association. (Can Gun Control Work? pg.19) The argument for gun control is that it will lower the crime rates nationally‚ increase prevention of suicides as well as avoid illegal obtaining of guns. “A policy that reduces the availability of handguns will reduce the amount of firearms violence.” (How Can Gun Violence Be Reduced; pg.11) However
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day‚ eight American children and teenagers die from gun violence. More than 29‚000 people are killed by guns in the U.S. each year. One major reason for these deaths is easy access to guns. There are an astounding 200 million privately owned firearms in our nation today‚ including 65 million handguns. The victims of gun violence are of all ages and from all races. The most recent government figures reveal that 2‚825 children and teens died in America from gunshots in 2004. Since the
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Cheryl Jackson ENG 101 Professor November 7‚ 2012 “Firearms Laws” The debate over people being allowed to carry guns has been going on for a long time. The real debate should be whether or not these laws are really reducing or increasing violent crimes in America today. According to the website‚ Gunowners.org‚ an individual can purchase any firearm from a federal‚ firearms licensee (FFL) in another state by going to his place of business(Gun). The right to keep and bear arms is addressed
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but does little in the long run. The next act passed is the National Firearms Act of 1934. The act regulates fully automatic firearms such as machine guns. It makes is difficult to get firearms deemed to be lethal “or to be the chosen weapons of ‘gangsters’ most notably machine guns and short-barreled long guns.” The law regulates guns that can be concealed on a person. It puts taxes on manufacturers and distributors of firearms. They also have to register with the attorney general the “production
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actually threatening the American people safety. It according to research by gunpolicy.org reported that the evaluated aggregate number of firearms (both licit and unlawful) held by regular people in the United States is 270‚000‚000 to 310‚000‚000. The main cause of the gun crime is the gun ownership. The gun owning rate in USA is too high. USA has 88 firearms per 100 people. More guns mean more crime and death. In the USA‚ the highest gun ownership rate. On the contrary‚ Japan had a pretty low gun
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just as long unnecessary gun violence has been around. Gun violence has been plaguing the United States for some time now and nothing has been done about it. More gun laws should be enacted so suicides‚ crimes‚ and accidental deaths that involve firearms are a lot less likely to happen then they are now. The more obsolete gun violence the better and this is a step toward that. Most everybody who defends the right to keep guns available to the public cite the 2nd amendment and how guns can be used
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Unlawful firearm purchasers could potentially purchase handguns‚ from a private seller‚ who is a licensed Curios and Relics collector. There are several firearms that meet the criteria stipulated by the ATF to be considered a Curios or Relic‚ including various sorts of automatic‚ semi-automatic‚ and assault rifles‚ as well as several types of handguns. Under this provision firearms that were manufactured 50 years or more ago‚ automatically qualify
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gun control & policy Gun Control and Policy: A Review of the Literature Abstract “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.” Amendment II‚ Bill of Rights Constitution of the U.S The Second Amendment has been a major issue in American politics since 1876. The nation ’s powerful gun lobby‚ the National Rifle Association‚ holds that it means the right to keep
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no real argument against the idea of “everyday carry” (Owens). The idea of everyday carry is self-explanatory: carry your firearm every day. Learning a little bit about the law and learning about the associated firearm give the answers to all of these typical excuses‚ rendering the excuses unnecessary and a waste of breath.
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kill people. But the victim will have a significant better chance of defending him or herself from a weapon other than firearms. I was born in Tokyo‚ Japan and moved to the United States when I was six. I still go visit my relatives and friends in Japan every other year. "Japan - described as having the strictest controls in the world - bans private possession of firearms except by people who need them for official duties or by licensed hunters‚ shooters‚ athletes‚ dealers or collectors." (Stencel
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