Gun Control & Policy: a Review of the Literature
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 and bear arms any arms. One day an innocent kid walking home from school gets shot in a drive by shooting is he just a victim of circumstance or could this of been easily prevented. There are lobbyist for the private ownership of guns and lobbyist for legislation to ban personal possession of guns for good. In this paper I hope that just maybe I can persuade you to think differently on a topic that’s stirring up the nation. The lobbyist give credibility to this statement by adding that criminal violence continues to increase in cities like New York and Washington DC, even though gun control statutes were put into effect. According to the NRA, anti-crime measures are the way to conquer urban violence, not anti-gun measures. The hope of most members in the association is to educate people about guns. The association is willing to reveal proper usage of guns to non-gun owners.
Introduction The Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights gives people the right to keep and bear arms. (Lubanski, 2006) The ideas of setting strict laws that allow only hunting rifle use, and laws that allow more freedom have been argued over for many years. The best argument protecting the Second Amendment is that people have more security when possessing a gun. Although this is possibly true, gun control provides much more than comfort for the people. The second amendment has some benefits, but many dangers also come with having the right to own a gun. One of these dangers includes
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 and bear arms any arms. One day an innocent kid walking home from school gets shot in a drive by shooting is he just a victim of circumstance or could this of been easily prevented. There are lobbyist for the private ownership of guns and lobbyist for legislation to ban personal possession of guns for good. In this paper I hope that just maybe I can persuade you to think differently on a topic that’s stirring up the nation. The lobbyist give credibility to this statement by adding that criminal violence continues to increase in cities like New York and Washington DC, even though gun control statutes were put into effect. According to the NRA, anti-crime measures are the way to conquer urban violence, not anti-gun measures. The hope of most members in the association is to educate people about guns. The association is willing to reveal proper usage of guns to non-gun owners.
Introduction The Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights gives people the right to keep and bear arms. (Lubanski, 2006) The ideas of setting strict laws that allow only hunting rifle use, and laws that allow more freedom have been argued over for many years. The best argument protecting the Second Amendment is that people have more security when possessing a gun. Although this is possibly true, gun control provides much more than comfort for the people. The second amendment has some benefits, but many dangers also come with having the right to own a gun. One of these dangers includes
Bibliography: AMSA (2009, May 25). American Medical Student Association. The AMSA News Letter. Retrieved May 21, 2009 from http://www.amsa.com Associated Press (2008, April 11) Billeaud, J. (2009, May 15). McCain: US gun limits wouldn 't stop drug cartels. The Washington Post. Retrieved May 21, 2009, from http://www.washingtonost.com/wpdyn/content Dionne, E.J Humphries, C. (2002, March 8). Focus. from Focus news from Harvard Medical school: Retrieved May 21, 2009 from, http://focus.hms.harvard.edu/2002/March8_2002 /injury_control.html Joibu, R Jonsson, P. (2009, May 18). NRA: The new face of the American right? The Christian Science Monitor . Retrieved May 21, 2009, from http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/ 20090518/ts_csm/anra Lee, R Lubanski, R. (2006). James Madison and the struggle for the Bill of Rights. New York: Oxford Press. National Rifle Association of America, Institute for Legistative Acftion. (2009) Pro-gun groups & anti-gun groups. Retrieved May 29, 2009 from, http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets /Read.aspx?id=186&issue=011 Phelps, G Ponnuru, R. (2007, August 13). The second amendment people are winning. NRA Nation, 17-18. Pratt, E. (2008). Supreme court strikes down DC gun ban! The Gun Owners , 28, 1-4. Weil, D. (1997, February 1). Gun control laws can reduce crime. World & I .