Gun Control Laws and the Reduction of Homicides in the United States
The objective of this study is to determine whether gun control laws will serve to bring about a reduction in the number of homicides in the United States. Toward this end this study will conduct an extensive review of literature in this area of inquiry.

It is held by many that gun control laws will serve to bring about a reduction in the number of homicides in the United States. However, there are those who reject this idea stating that gun control laws will take guns out of the hands of the everyday individual while criminals will still have access to guns and commit crimes with those guns.

The Evidence

Kates and Mauser

The work of Kates and Mauser (nd) entitled "Would anning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide: A Review of International and Some Domestic Evidence" states that "International evidence and comparisons have…...

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De Guyter, A. (1991) Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America. Retrieved from:  http://www.catb.org/esr/guns/point-blank-summary.html 

Harvard Study: Gun Control Is Counterproductive (2010) American Civil Rights Union. Retrieved from:  http://theacru.org/acru/harvard_study_gun_control_is_counterproductive/ 

Kates, DB and Mauser, G. (nd) Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide: A Review of International and Some Domestic Evidence. Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. Vol. 30. Retrieved from: http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No2_KatesMauseronline.pdf

Liptak, Adam (2008) Gun Laws and Crime: A Complex Relationship. The Nation. 29, Jun 2008. Retrieved from:  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/weekinreview/29liptak.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Gun Control
Guns can be easily hidden by anybody carrying them: they are tools of choice for individuals who opt to use them for self-defense. Unfortunately, they are also the tool of choice for criminals. Since guns are easy for criminals to steal, guns are quickly obtainable in the black market. Almost all criminal offenses involving weapons are done with the use of illegal guns; this is a key concern in the United States these days. Although many people would like to believe that the government is doing something, the changes cannot be felt especially at such times when the shootings of innocent citizens are rampant. Some advocates of gun control believe that the absolute prohibition of guns is the best way to safeguard people (Lott 40). However, prohibiting guns cannot safeguard individuals. Since the laws are ineffective, the prohibition of guns would stop individuals from the effective means of self-defense,…...

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Bruce, John M, & Clyde Wilcox. The Changing Politics of Gun Control. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008. Print.

Carter, Gregg L. Gun Control in the United States: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2006. Internet resource.

Crooker, Constance E. Gun Control and Gun Rights. Westport (Conn.: Greenwood press, 2013. Print.

Goss, Kristin A. Disarmed: The Missing Movement for Gun Control in America. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010. Internet resource.

Like the nature vs. nurture debate, the most likely answer to this question is most likely a combination of both conclusions. "If guns disappeared tomorrow, violence would surely continue. But it would probably be less devastating, especially for such at-risk groups as the young and African-Americans" (Spitz 64).
Conclusion

The research showed that in spite of gun control opponents' claims that "guns don't kill people, people kill people," the fact remains the in American households with guns, the incidence of homicide and suicide far exceeded those without guns. Notwithstanding the guarantees set forth in the Second Amendment, the time has clearly come for a reexamination of just what a "well-regulated militia" is, and who should be regarded as being a part of it for the purposes of gun ownership in the United States.

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Bogus, Carl T. (2001). hat Does the Second Amendment Restrict? A Collective Rights Analysis. Constitutional Commentary, 18(3):485.

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Bogus, Carl T. (2001). What Does the Second Amendment Restrict? A Collective Rights Analysis. Constitutional Commentary, 18(3):485.

Daly, Kathleen, Peter H. Rossi and James D. Wright. Under the Gun: Weapons, Crime, and Violence in America. New York: Aldine Publishing, 1983.

Kopel, David B.

stricter gun control laws. The writer addresses several important issues surrounding the issue of gun control and presents a case for stricter laws and tougher enforcement regarding gun control. There were three sources used to complete this paper.
The topic of gun control has been the center of heated debates for several decades. Events such as Columbine have served to deepen the line drawn in the sand regarding gun control laws, their strictness and the effort of their enforcement. Gun control laws need to become more stringent and be more harshly enforced of America hopes to stop the slippery slope that it appears to be on when it comes to gun violence in within its boundaries.

One of the problems with gun control issues is that the interest waxes and wanes with each tragic event. Immediately after the events at Columbine High School support for stricter gun control laws jumped in…...

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MORE BACK GUN CONTROL SINCE MASSACRE, POLL FINDS.(News)(Statistical Data Included)

National Journal

GUN CONTROL: The Great Gun Divide

Byline: Carl M. Cannon

SMITH & WESSON SAFETY EFOM DEAL
New York Gun Control Conflict

Smith & Wesson Agrees to Key Safety eforms

Smith & Wesson Agrees to Key Safety eforms

Under mounting pressure from municipalities across the U.S., the Massachusetts gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson agreed to a number of key safety reforms (Daor, 2000). This agreement was believed to be a move by the gun maker to head off lawsuits by states and cities. This turned out to be the case when New York's Attorney General Elliot Spitzer filed suit against the gun manufacturers Glock, Sturm-uger, Colt, Beretta, Taurus, Bryco, and Intratec for violation of the state's anti-nuisance law (New York Attorney General Press Office, 2000). This essay will examine the deal reached between Smith & Wesson and why the New York Attorney General (AG) declined to sue this company.

The New York AG's Allegations

The lawsuit filed in a NY court by AG Spitzer had three broad…...

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Re-Assessing the Effectiveness of the Country’s Gun Laws America’s Gun Laws Are they Effective
Introduction
Signed into law on the 22nd of Oct, 1968, the Gun Control Act of 1968 is largely considered to be the very first significant attempt at controlling not only interstate firearms commerce, but also firearm ownership. Prior to this particular legislation, there had been other gun-control laws passed. These included but they were not limited to the National Firearms Act of 1934 and the Federal Firearms Act of 1938. These laws did not, however, sufficiently put in place a mechanism for the effective regulation of firearm owners and the firearm industry. However, with the assassination of both Martin Luther King and President J.F. Kennedy, there was a clear need for an interventionist measure in the gun politics realm. Today, gun control remains a rather divisive issue in our nation’s politics. Thanks to an escalation in mass shooting incidences,…...

Gun Control Laws OutlineThesis: Gun control laws should be legalized because they could reduce gun deaths, prevent people from using them to harm themselves, and they are fundamentally weapons for murder.I. It could reduce gun deathsA. Guilt1. Emotional trauma leading to accidental shootings.2. Impulsive decisions during heated arguments.3. Children's access to unsecured firearms.B. Depression4. Easy access to guns can escalate depressive episodes.5. Gun presence can deter seeking professional help.C. Counseling/Medication6. Early intervention can prevent gun-related incidents (Swanson et al., 2015).7. Medication can stabilize moods, reducing gun violence risks.8. Counseling offers coping mechanisms, reducing reliance on firearms.II. It could prevent people who want to use them to harm themselvesA. Infection1. Infections from gunshot wounds can lead to long-term complications.2. Medical costs and prolonged suffering (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013).B. Sterility3. Gunshot wounds can lead to reproductive health issues.4. Emotional trauma from potential sterility.C. Death5. High fatality rate from self-inflicted…...

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2013). Injury prevention & control: Data &

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Swanson, J. W., McGinty, E. E., Fazel, S., & Mays, V. M. (2015). Mental illness and reduction

Furthermore, it is suggested that the roots of the problem lie deeper than the superficial debate about gun control. In sociological terms, this problem is to do with the lack of meaning and the breakdown of inherent normative structures. In this sense the debate about gun control should be seen against the underlying background of these sociological issues. Even if a compromise was be reached about whether or not to have gun control, there would still be underlying structural causative features that would need to be addressed and which are the source of this problem in the first place.

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hile sweeping gun laws are required to improve America's issue of gun violence, evidence from Obama's attempts suggest that only gradual and small degrees of regulatory change will be capable of passing through a divided legislative branch.
This literature demonstrates that even a public administrative force such as the executive branch must face power limitations. The very premise of the United States government is that the three branches work in coordination with one another to ensure to no singular ideological vision comes to dominate a nation founded on plurality. Accordingly, the text by Denhardt & Grubbs indicates that public administration must demonstrate the capacity for compromise, for accommodation and for recognition of a wide cross-section of interests (Denhardt & Grubbs, 422)

Moreover, this cross-section is always shifting, changing and demanding engagement by its leadership. Accordingly, in many locales, rising populations in immigrant communities, various shifts in settling patterns related to socio-economic…...

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Barrett, T. & Cohen, T. (2013). Senate Rejects Expanded Gun Background Checks. CNN.com.

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Hence, while ratifying the U.S. Constitution, the Virginia convention passed a resolution specifying: "That the people have a right to keep and bear arms; that a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state;"
It is, therefore, clear that the central issue that led to the adoption of the Second Amendment, as part of the Bill of Rights -- ratified in 1791, was the concern that the powers granted in the U.S. Constitution to the Congress over the militia and a national army may be used to abrogate state sovereignty and power, rather than a desire to recognize the right for bearing arms by individual citizens. Nowhere in the background and history of the introduction of the Second Amendment in the U.S. Constitution do we find the issue of personal use of weapons, for purposes…...

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Economic Costs of Gun Violence." Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Updated 4/17/07. October 31, 2007.  http://www.bradycampaign.org/facts/factsheets/pdf/economic_costs.pdf 

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The Second Amendment." Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. 2007. October 31, 2007.  http://www.bradycampaign.org/facts/issues/?page=second

Opponents of gun control became more proactive and in 1977 after the capture of NA leader, they began to harm the reputation of the GCA officers and executives. They aimed to scare the gun owners into thinking that they will be harassed and prosecuted for possessing guns.
Opponents of gun control pushed the Carter administration to remove the proposals which aimed at changing the execution of the laws. After this was done they became even more proactive in their campaign (Vizzard, 1993; 228-235). In 1979 and 1980, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms was called in for Hearings in the Senate after they sidestepped Congress to trigger a change in policy utilizing executive power. While the federal administration had influenced this strategy on not only the treasury but also the ATF, they rapidly backed out from the ATF and dumped the strategy as they saw strong resistance (Vizzard, 1993;…...

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Barber, Benjamin R. (1984). Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Bruce-Biggs, B. (1976). The Great American Gun War. The Public Interest. 45, 37-62.

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According to gun control advocates, crime should be extraordinary, but this simply is not the case. In fact, the exact opposite is true. Switzerland has far less crime per capita than the United States and almost no gun crime. ased on this example, Kopel (1988) correctly concludes that there is no direct link between the level of citizen gun ownership and the level of gun misuse.
Then there's the case of Kennesaw, Georgia where crime dropped after a law that requires its citizens to own guns passed. Lieutenant Craig Graydon, Kennesaw Police Department comments, "Well, after the city ordinance passed, there was actually a decrease in reported crime in the Kennesaw area, especially violent crime." (Wilmouth, 2007).

Last, but certainly not least, is the fact that there's already plenty of gun control legislation and it doesn't work. So, if guns are outlawed only criminals will have guns, leaving law-abiding citizens with…...

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S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reaffirm restrictive gun laws since the Second Amendment was not infringed by a law that requires firearm owners to demonstrate proper cause (Nimmo par, 2).
The unanimous decision by the three-judge panel was regarded as a victory for the New York State law, the American constitution, and families throughout New York who are appropriately concerned regarding the plight of gun violence that is a major problem to all communities. There are various groups in the gun industry such as the Second Amendment Foundation and the National Rifle Association have been filing cases against cities and states throughout the country on the basis of the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The ruling re-affirming restrictive gun control laws has followed the significant increase in the number of the sale of guns.

Gun Control Laws in Other States:

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gun control. They counter argumnents I invalidated Counter Arguments Violation Second Amendment Right Gun control laws directly violate a citizen's bear arms granted amendment constitution.
There is much controversy with regard to gun-control laws and to the effect they have on society in general. hile individuals in the U.S. In particular have been accustomed to living in a gun culture, more and more people have started to express doubt with regard to pro-gun laws and to whether or not they help the masses feel safer. The government has attempted to introduce a series of gun laws in recent years with the purpose of controlling the general public and in order to make it more difficult for potential criminals to get their hands on firearms. "The laws cumulatively provide fewer restrictions than exist in most developed countries, but they nonetheless constitute an impressive effort." (Mears 200)

Gun laws are generally designed to…...

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gun control, including counter arguments. Owning a gun is much more than just a statement about this country's Constitution and Second Amendment rights. Owning a gun is a measure of protection and freedom that illustrates the principles this country's founders created, and it is a right that Americans should not take for granted. Gun control is not a suitable method for controlling crime, and it has not been proven to help control violent crime.
First, it is imperative to define what "gun control" means, because it can mean different things to different people. Two experts note, "Gun control is an umbrella term covering everything from laws prohibiting the ownership of defined classes of firearms to mandating the inclusion of gun locks with every firearm sold" (Moorhouse & Wanner, 2006). Clearly, with such a broad definition, and differing meanings, gun control cannot be easily measured or understood, which is one of…...

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Title: The Complex Issue of School Shootings: Examining Opposing Viewpoints

Introduction:

School shootings have become a prevalent and disturbing issue in our society, sparking intense debates and discussions among individuals, communities, and policymakers. This essay aims to present opposing viewpoints on this complex matter, exploring the arguments for and against various approaches to preventing and addressing school shootings.

Viewpoint 1: Stricter Gun Control and Mental Health Interventions

Advocates of stricter gun control measures argue that these policies can effectively reduce the number of school shootings by limiting access to firearms and ammunition. They emphasize the need for comprehensive background checks, waiting periods, and restrictions....