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Delprøve 2A - Gun control in the US
29 November 2013
Gun control in the US
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Due to the high number of school shootings the last ten years, we at the editorial have chosen to write this article regarding the discussions on gun control, which have been up in the media lately. We will be putting the different arguments up against each other. We have gotten opinions on the subject from President Obama, The NRA and many more. The purpose of this article is to start a discussion at our University and help the students gain insight on the subject.
President Obama wants more gun control
“When it comes to the most vulnerable among us, we have to act now.” - President Obama said at a press conference for the victims of the school massacre at New Town, Connecticut.
President Obama's plan to reduce gun violence focuses on mental health, gun sales and school safety. President Obama's plan involves that you will need a mental health check before you will be able to get a gun permit. If you are mentally healthy, the permit will only allow you to own weapons with a 10-round magazine, in addition to that is it also his plan to make military type assault weapons illegal.
The 10-round magazine limit will make incidents as the New Town school massacre less deadly, due to the lower amount of ammo the criminal will be able to carry around. It is known that it is when the criminal have to reload his gun the victims and first responders are able to fight back, and the low amount of ammo in a magazine will force the criminal to reload more often.
The support for stricter gun laws in USA have been steadily decreasing the last 30 years, but so have the numbers of violent crimes too. Even though the number of violent crimes have decreased, USA is still the country in the world with the highest amount of gun related deaths. In USA 3.2 of 100,000 deaths are gun related, while the number is only 0.5 in Canada and a mere 0.1 in UK.
President Obama won't be able to make a total ban of weapons, because of the second
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