Gun Control Debate

The legal case for restrictions on gun ownership and use as a strategy for reducing criminal violence relies on factual assumptions about the nature of owning a gun and violent behavior. The issue on how to regulate gun control and safety has been a political issue and debate for years. President Clinton tried to put a gun ban in place in 1995, half of congress disagreed with his decision and asked for a complete research done and discovered that this ban “had little to no effect on criminal or violent crimes committed” (Gresham 2015). Legislation that would have banned semiautomatic assault weapons and also would expand background checks had been defeated in the Senate in 2013. This was despite the public support (CFR Backgrounders 2016). …show more content…
It has been found by the FBI that arguments such as: romantic triangles, alcohol, drugs, and arguments over money, resulted in 1,962 gun deaths in the year 2013 (Gresham 2015). Countries with restrictive gun control laws have lower gun homicide and suicide rates. Switzerland and Finland require gun owners to acquire licenses and pass background checks that include mental and criminal records, along with other restrictions and requirements (Gresham 2015). The last gun control legislation to make it into law was the assault weapons ban. This was passed in the year 1994 as part of a larger crime-related bill to be approved by Congress and signed by the President at that time which was Bill Clinton. This bill applied to the manufacture of 19 specific models of semi-automatic firearms and other guns with similar features. But the bill expired in 2004 and there has been repeated …show more content…
The Second Amendment of the US constitutions states "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." Criminals who are violent will always end up with a gun. It is the person’s right to not be a victim, concealed handgun carriers have a sense of safety and security (Gun Control 2008). A study done by Nick Leghorn found that concealed carry permit holder in the state if North Carolina are five times less likely to kill someone than the general public. The statistics from the study showed the people with a concealed carry permit were 5.48 times less likely to commit a violent crime with a firearm, and 6.6 times less likely to drive drunk (Gun Control 2008). The state of Colorado enacted the 2003 Concealed Carry Act to allow law-abiding citizens the right to carry a concealed weapon. The CATO Institute concluded that the law passed helped to stop massacres from occurring (CFR Backgrounders 2016). Gun control laws tend to infringe upon the right to own guns for hunting and sport. Gun control laws do not prevent criminals from obtaining fire arms or breaking laws (ProCon). Criminals do not engage in activities that would make them subject to a “universal” background check, they do not often buy guns on the used market , gun shows, internet sources, and or gun stores (Kleck 2015). More gun control may not be

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The Gun Control Debate

The Debate On Gun Control