Gun Control Policy
Control
Generally, firearms are clustered into three broad categories; handguns, shotguns, and rifles. Basing on data production from the manufacturers of firearms, roughly there are 371 million firearms privately owned by citizens and domestic law enforcement in the United States (The National Research Council, pg. 57). The American persistent gun culture results from its revolutionary roots, colonial history, the second amendment, and frontier expansion. According to the second amendment; “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.” (Kalesan, Bindu, et al., pg. 1847). Advocates of further gun control policies suggest that the Second Amendment …show more content…
14, 1929, the St. Valentine Day Massacre in Chicago that led to the deaths of seven gangsters connected with “Bugs” besides a set of laws established to prohibit machine guns prompted the enactment of gun control laws. The Federal Firearms Act of 1938 forbid the sale of guns to convicted felons and necessitated that federal firearm licenses be introduced to uphold client records although later the gun control act of 1968 overturned the law. The most usual state gun restriction policies include waiting periods, background checks, and requirements of registration to sell or purchase guns. Gun rights laws encompass open and concealed carry permits, besides the permission to carry guns in customarily restricted zones. Provoked by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, besides the mass shooting in 1966 at the University of Texas, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the enacted gun control act of 1968 into a law. The law regulates interstate gun commerce, forbidding interstate transfer unless accomplished among registered manufacturers, dealers, and importers, and further restricts the ownership of …show more content…
Most present gun control discussion happens after major mass shootings that have resulted in the deaths of not less than 126 people between Jan. 200 to date. Supporters of more gun control generally want more restrictions to help prevent or avoid careless deaths that accrue from mass shootings and suggest for smart gun regulations, more protection, background checks, against the illicit purchase and ownership of guns. Antagonists of more gun restrictions accuse the supporters of exploiting a tragedy to champion a lost cause, suggesting that increased laws would not prevent further shootings or killings. A research conducted in December 2014 proposes that 52% of Americans consider that the right to possess or own guns should be safeguarded while 46% consider gun ownership or possession demands
Generally, firearms are clustered into three broad categories; handguns, shotguns, and rifles. Basing on data production from the manufacturers of firearms, roughly there are 371 million firearms privately owned by citizens and domestic law enforcement in the United States (The National Research Council, pg. 57). The American persistent gun culture results from its revolutionary roots, colonial history, the second amendment, and frontier expansion. According to the second amendment; “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.” (Kalesan, Bindu, et al., pg. 1847). Advocates of further gun control policies suggest that the Second Amendment …show more content…
14, 1929, the St. Valentine Day Massacre in Chicago that led to the deaths of seven gangsters connected with “Bugs” besides a set of laws established to prohibit machine guns prompted the enactment of gun control laws. The Federal Firearms Act of 1938 forbid the sale of guns to convicted felons and necessitated that federal firearm licenses be introduced to uphold client records although later the gun control act of 1968 overturned the law. The most usual state gun restriction policies include waiting periods, background checks, and requirements of registration to sell or purchase guns. Gun rights laws encompass open and concealed carry permits, besides the permission to carry guns in customarily restricted zones. Provoked by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, besides the mass shooting in 1966 at the University of Texas, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the enacted gun control act of 1968 into a law. The law regulates interstate gun commerce, forbidding interstate transfer unless accomplished among registered manufacturers, dealers, and importers, and further restricts the ownership of …show more content…
Most present gun control discussion happens after major mass shootings that have resulted in the deaths of not less than 126 people between Jan. 200 to date. Supporters of more gun control generally want more restrictions to help prevent or avoid careless deaths that accrue from mass shootings and suggest for smart gun regulations, more protection, background checks, against the illicit purchase and ownership of guns. Antagonists of more gun restrictions accuse the supporters of exploiting a tragedy to champion a lost cause, suggesting that increased laws would not prevent further shootings or killings. A research conducted in December 2014 proposes that 52% of Americans consider that the right to possess or own guns should be safeguarded while 46% consider gun ownership or possession demands