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By comparison, long guns served many purposes. Early settlers often had to hunt for their food. To take their guns would mean that they would risk starvation. They were also used for defense, and early skirmishes of the Revolutionary War were fought by militiamen - private citizens who brought their own long guns to fight the British.
One of the strongest arguments against laws restricting handguns come from those who believe there should be no restrictions whatsoever on firearms. They argue that those who argue against handguns have a hidden agenda. They argue that people against handguns actually want to ban all guns for all purposes, including for target practice and hunting. They feel that they must fight restrictions on any guns to protect their Constitutional right to bear arms. However, this argument doesn't make sense to most people. Many people who are opposed to private individuals owning hand guns recognize...
However, those who object to any restrictions also point out that some people also want to ban assault weapons, which some also see as weapons really only intended to kill other humans.
The problem with individuals owning handguns is that very often they are stolen and then sold to criminals. In addition, the most common use for guns in homes is, unfortunately, that it is used against a family member during a heated argument. Very often when a home owner tries to use a gun to protect him or herself, the criminal, who has more experience with using force to get his way, manages to get the weapon from the homeowner, increasing the homeowner's danger. To stem the tide of guns in the hands of criminals, and because handguns do not actually make good personal protection, hand guns should be restricted to law enforcement personnel.
Gun Control vs. Crime Rate Gun ownership in Virginia and the effects it has on crime rates There is much controversy regarding gun laws and the effects that they have on crime levels, as many are inclined to believe that they reduce the number of gun-related offences while others believe that they actually amplify the chances of a person being shot. American culture has come to be a gun culture, considering that
4% of that group favored current policies. However, support for the current policies grew in the senior group, with 41.2% of people over age 65 supporting the current gun control policies. Gender Gender was one area where stereotypes proved to be very reliable at predicting a person's attitude towards gun control. The hypothesis was that females would be much greater advocates of gun control than men, and the results reflected that they
Gun control is largely an ineffective and potentially discriminatory practice that infringes upon Constitutional rights. Supporters of gun control often argue that firearm ownership is linked to accidental deaths and violent crime, and that the majority of Americans support some sort of gun control. In contrast, those who oppose gun control argue that controls infringe the constitutional rights of law-abiding Americans, and potentially place the nation's liberty at risk. They
Gun Ownership and Gun Control In American culture today, guns are worshiped. Children play with toy guns, television and film glorify gun violence, teenagers show off guns to one another in order to get respect, and powerful lobbyist groups keep these weapons legal and accessible. There's something wrong with this picture. There's something wrong with a culture that believes guns are more important than feeding the hungry or sheltering the homeless.
Gun Control Problems in America The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution states: "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." The Founding Fathers included this in our Bill of Rights because they feared the Federal Government might coerce the population if the people did not have the means to defend themselves
Crime rates do not drop with restrictions on gun control because crimes have been shown to be intent driven rather than means driven. Which simply means that those who are interested in committing crimes will usually do so given any access or restrictions standards? It is evident from this analysis that guns have little impact upon crime rates. However, gun control advocacies use misinformation to present a dangerous position