Solution
The solution I propose is to deregulate firearm laws and eliminate criminal protection zones through the Buckeye Firearms Association in the State of Ohio.
Problem
To focus on violent crime or crime reduction in Ohio, this paper will offer evidence from other states and countries around the world. Without analyzing firearm laws and crime statistics from other regions, a solution cannot be held plausible to reduce crime in Ohio. We must also disregard any ideological views of the second amendment and focus on the problems we face today involving gun control and violent crime. All over the media one can see that gun control is a strongly two-sided debate and that, “firearms are the problem.” The …show more content…
For example, criminals obtain firearms out-of-state and bring them into the city. They claim that unless the same laws are regulated across the country, America will never be like the so-called, “crime-free” Great Britain. Taking a look at a long term trend, in 1910 Great Britain had a murder rate of 0.81 per 100,000 people. Then in 2011, Great Britain reported a murder rate of 1.4 per 100,000 people, which is about a 50% increase (Home Office, 2011). What happened over these 101 years is that Great Britain outlawed the right to self-defense with a firearm, including all private ownership of firearms. Meanwhile in the United States, the murder rate decreased from 7.9 per 100,000 in 1910, to a reported 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2011 (FBI, …show more content…
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