firearm regardless of the law. Crime rate does not originate from the accessibility of guns, but rather the actions of an individual that has disregard for life in today 's society. There will always be ways for the offender commit crimes with or without guns. What is being done about gun control? We have all heard of all the tragedies throughout the country regarding guns. According to the President (2013) "We know that we cannot stop every act of violence with guns, but what if we tried to stop
This essay investigates the Australian gun laws and whether they are effective or not. In particular, with a focus on what the current gun laws are and how they have or have not worked also if they need to be updated. The current gun laws were first introduced by John Howard in 1997 after the mass shooting in Port Arthur where 35 people were killed and a further 18 injured on the 28th of April, 1996 (Sharpe, 2016), the laws were them further improved in 2002, after the Monash University shooting
shooting in 2012, to the Recent Parkland School shooting in Florida, hundreds of innocent students and adults have been murdered by guns, and the public is questioning whether or not to have more gun control laws. In order to protect and prevent these traumatic mass shootings we need to pay attention to citizens who have mental issues, have stricter gun purchasing laws, and also stop selling military replicas. Almost after every single shooting, the shooters had been diagnosed with schizophrenia,
allow people to get guns when they shouldn’t. Issues such as loopholes, mentally ill accessing guns, and weak gun laws. There shouldn’t be any loopholes in gun laws. For example, anyone could easily purchase a gun at a gun show with no background check or anything else according to the article on the web site Governing, “Known as the ‘gun show loophole,’ most states do not require background checks for firearms purchased at gun shows from private individuals -- federal law only requires licensed
Guns can take out somebody’s life in an instant, now think for a minute. What if you just lost one of your closest family members to a gun? Gun control laws need to be a lot more strict because the U.S. alone loses over 30,000 people a year due to gun related deaths.That’s over 87 people going down every day (Watkins). People are against strict gun laws, all they want is a weapon to protect themselves from other people with guns. If the laws are more strict though, you wouldn’t need the gun because
conversations like these occur proves that guns should be banned. More specific statement about the topic Guns should be banned, because they because they cause too many incidents and increase crime rates. Thesis statement. “This needs to happen. Do NOT list reasons (Because #1, #2,#3.)” And Do NOT use “I”. Body Paragraphs: You can have as many as you need. You are not limited to
Body 1: England passed a law banning all handguns in 1997 following a school shooting(Malcolm). However, in 2002, handgun crime has more than doubled by nearly thirty-five percent since then(Malcolm). There are two flaws in the idea that England’s strict gun law is responsible for its low levels of crime. First, violence and armed crime was low before gun controls were implemented. Secondly, the long decline in the interpersonal violence ended in 1953, and violent crime has been escalating ever
Australia’s gun control laws need to change in order to protect innocent civilians from the increasing resurgence of illegal firearms. The system is riddled with loopholes that enable illegal guns to be trafficked from overseas countries. The main issue is that there is a rising increase in illegal firearms and whether Australia’s current laws are enough to combat the ongoing problem. There are problems in the system were illegal guns manage to get through customs due to loopholes in the system
stricter gun control laws. By this they mean, regulate the sale, manufacture, possession, transfer, and use of firearms. They believe if the government does not make stricter gun control laws, then gun violence and deaths due to guns will only continue to increase over the years. Although there are many people for gun control laws, there are many people who are also against it. Some of the people who are against gun control laws probably will not understand why there should be stricter gun control
Tighter gun laws will reduce gun violence because it would be harder to access guns. According to the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives), “Thirty percent of guns involved in federal illegal gun trafficking investigations are connected in some way to gun shows” (“Gun Show Loopholes Should be Closed”). This shows that a high number of crimes and violence done by guns are done by illegal guns bought at gun shows. All this crime can be stopped if we put a ban on gun shows. In