Gun Control And Gun Safety Essay
Farzad Foroodi
Professor Freese
English 1302
06 July 2016
Gun Control and Gun Safety
Gun control has been a big issue in recent months. There were so many arguments for or against it. Gun control caused one of the biggest dissection between citizens and government. Also, mass shootings and murders in recent months makes this issue one of the most arguable situation in country. Twice in the past two years gun control has reached the nation’s highest court. Based on production data from firearm manufactures, there are 300 million firearms owned by civilians in the United States. U.S. has 88.8 guns per 100 people, which is the highest total and per capita number in the world.
The second amendment of constitution protects individual gun ownership …show more content…
In 1640 Virginia's first recorded legislation about blacks barred them from owning guns. Fear of slave revolts led other Southern colonies to enact similar laws. The laws preventing blacks from bearing arms (as well as drinking liquor or traveling) were enforced by what one historian called a "system of special and general searches and night patrols of the posse comitatus."(Scoth).
It is also so hard to determine who is aligible to carry gun or not. One of the biggest issues in recent years was that “who should be able to carry gun.”
Work Cited
Barrett, Paul M. “Gun Control and the Constitution: Should We Amend the Second Amendment?” Bloomberg Business Week. Bloomberg, 20 Feb. 2014. Web. 13 Jul 2014.
Hamblin, James. “Why We Can’t Talk About Gun Control.” The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group, 29 Jun. 2014. Web. 13 July 2014.
“Senator to Renew Gun Control Push After California Shooting Spree.”Reuters.com. Reuters, 25 May 2014. Web. 13 July 2014.
Wilson, James Q. “Gun Control Isn’t the Answer.” LATimes.com. Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr 2007. Web. 13 July 2014.
Hunter, Jack. “How Gun Control Kills.” The American Conservative. Burr Media Group, 27 Dec 2012. Web. 13 July
Professor Freese
English 1302
06 July 2016
Gun Control and Gun Safety
Gun control has been a big issue in recent months. There were so many arguments for or against it. Gun control caused one of the biggest dissection between citizens and government. Also, mass shootings and murders in recent months makes this issue one of the most arguable situation in country. Twice in the past two years gun control has reached the nation’s highest court. Based on production data from firearm manufactures, there are 300 million firearms owned by civilians in the United States. U.S. has 88.8 guns per 100 people, which is the highest total and per capita number in the world.
The second amendment of constitution protects individual gun ownership …show more content…
In 1640 Virginia's first recorded legislation about blacks barred them from owning guns. Fear of slave revolts led other Southern colonies to enact similar laws. The laws preventing blacks from bearing arms (as well as drinking liquor or traveling) were enforced by what one historian called a "system of special and general searches and night patrols of the posse comitatus."(Scoth).
It is also so hard to determine who is aligible to carry gun or not. One of the biggest issues in recent years was that “who should be able to carry gun.”
Work Cited
Barrett, Paul M. “Gun Control and the Constitution: Should We Amend the Second Amendment?” Bloomberg Business Week. Bloomberg, 20 Feb. 2014. Web. 13 Jul 2014.
Hamblin, James. “Why We Can’t Talk About Gun Control.” The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group, 29 Jun. 2014. Web. 13 July 2014.
“Senator to Renew Gun Control Push After California Shooting Spree.”Reuters.com. Reuters, 25 May 2014. Web. 13 July 2014.
Wilson, James Q. “Gun Control Isn’t the Answer.” LATimes.com. Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr 2007. Web. 13 July 2014.
Hunter, Jack. “How Gun Control Kills.” The American Conservative. Burr Media Group, 27 Dec 2012. Web. 13 July