Gun Control

br GUN CONTROL IN THE U .S

It is no doubt that America has become a violent society . Television programs alone show gruesome murders and violence as if they are normal incidences in our lives . It is said that children learn to imitate the violence that they see on television . These take root in a lot of issues , foremost of which is on gun control

The positive effects of the strict enforcement of gun laws are readily seen . The Brady Campaign , for example believes that background checks nationwide stopped over 600 ,000

felons and other prohibited purchasers from buying handguns from federally licensed firearm dealers ' Some say this is one big reason why there is a need to advocate gun control . Once people realize that there is a direct correlation between the increases in violence as correlated with gun possession , they would also be against gun violence in society

However , opinions are at odds with regards to the issue of gun control Remarkably , both advocates and opponents of gun control policies in the United States use statistics to back up their stance . The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that

According to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS , in 2003 449 ,150 victims of violent crimes stated that they faced an offender with a firearm

Advocates of gun control directly use statistics such as this to assert that the increase in violence is positively correlated with gun possession . Organizations such as the National Rifle Association of America (NRA ) and other proponents of gun rights oppose such view Alexander , for one , insists that such arguments contradict factual studies . He contradicts the correlation , saying that cities with the most restrictive gun laws , like Washington , D .C , and Atlanta , Georgia in fact , have the highest murder rates in the nation

Arguments usually focus on the interpretation of the law . The Second Amendment is the main banner of gun rights activists . Gun control advocates , on the other hand , feel that gun control opponents misinterpret the law when they assume that it means absolute right to ownership of guns by private individuals (Krouse . They assert that the Second Amendment only refers to gun ownership in situation of militia ' and not for general purposes

Gun control supporters feel that gun possession by just anybody is a contributing cause of increased incidence of crimes in the United States . In Guns and Terror , Berger and Henigan present studies to support their statement that Gun shows are a breeding ground for gun sales to terrorist [and that] nothing in federal law prevents terrorists from quickly amassing arsenals of weapons (4 . Opponents to the gun control movement also believe that there is not enough factual evidence to the other side 's claim that banning the sale of some kinds of guns result to lower crime rates ( Gun Control vs . Gun Rights . Alexander accuses gun control groups of `demagogue-ing ' the issue and maintains that the root of the problem is culture , and not the gun . He even notes that many of the problems...