Criminological Perspectives On Gun Control

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For decades people have argued over handgun legislation and whether there should be stricter laws preventing people to own guns. The citizens that campaign either end of the spectrum have information that support their argument. The shooting at Sandy Hook and other school shootings have raised concern about the control government has over guns among Americans. Although gun advocates feel their rights as citizens of the United States will be tampered, if the government changes gun laws against them, these new laws will stop gun violence and lower murder rates. Within this paper I will comprehensively examine the views of gun control in the United States from a criminological perspective.
After the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a federal law “Gun Control Act of 1968” was passed. This Act that was passed focused on “mail ordered murder” where citizens were able to order a gun and have it shipped to their homes. President Johnson held a series of programs called “Great Society” in which he enforced gun control. He was a gun control activist and believed …show more content…
Adam Lanza, 20, former student of Sandy Hook Elementary School, was the shooter that caused the massacre on December, 14 2012. Although the motive of this mass murder is unknown Nancy, a family friend claims that this was an “act of revenge.” She states that Adam was bullied for years by classmates and resented the school for failing to stop it. According to “Why Economists Tend to Oppose Gun Control Laws,” when a person has ends, a person can select among different means to achieve those ends. Meaning, whether Adam would have used the gun to kill those children, he would have found another way of killing than guns. With this in mind one can accept that no matter how the individual is armed the criminal is the source of the crime, not the
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