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Jun 20, 2023 · Crifasi’s research focuses on gun violence and policy and attitudes on gun violence solutions. America has both the highest gun death rate (12 per 100,000 persons) and the highest gun circulation rate (about 121 firearms in circulation for every 100 persons) of any developed country.
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Gun Control in America: A Global Comparison Lee Spieller. Abstract. The United States has a high number of gun-related deaths compared to the rest of the world. Many approaches attempt to help mitigate these deaths, but few have proven ultimately successful on a national level.
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Dec 8, 2017 · Gun-Violence Research. Saving lives by regulating guns: Evidence for policy. Despite obstacles, research is clarifying gun-policy impacts. Philip J. Cook and John J. Donohue Authors Info & Affiliations. Science. 8 Dec 2017. Vol 358, Issue 6368. pp. 1259 - 1261. DOI: 10.1126/science.aar3067.
- Philip J. Cook, John J. Donohue
- 2017
Sep 30, 2021 · The dominate research suggests that gun control intended to keep guns away from dangerous and “at risk” people may be effective at reducing serious violence (Braga & Cook, 2018; Kleck et al., 2016; RAND, 2020), while gun control strategies aimed at reducing community firearm ownership may have little to no effect on overall violent crime ...
- Nathan E. Kruis, Richard L. Wentling, Tyler S. Frye, Nicholas J. Rowland
- 2021
- Pros and Cons of Banning Assault Weapons
- The Second Amendment
- Major Legislation and Court Cases in The Twentieth Century
- Legislation and Court Cases in The Early Twenty-First Century
- Loopholes in Legislation
- Critical Thinking Questions
- Twenty-First-Century Approaches to Gun Control
Pros
1. Self-defense and hunting needs do not require the efficiency and firepower of automatic weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. Assault weapons are known to be capable of injuring and killing large groups of people in mass shootings. 2. Most Americans support a federal ban on military-style assault weapons. For politicians in many jurisdictions, supporting such legislation would reflect the will of the people. 3. While the accidental discharge of a firearm always carries the risk o...
Cons
1. Banning any type of firearm can be interpreted as a violation of the Second Amendment of the US Constitution. 2. All assault weapons sold legally in the United States are manufactured domestically, helping local economies and encouraging innovation. 3. A federal assault weapons ban would have minimal impact on gun deaths, as the majority of gun deaths are self-inflicted and do not involve automatic weapons.
The right to keep and bear arms is included as the Second Amendment to the US Constitution as part of the Bill of Rights ratified on December 15, 1791. It 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 precise meaning and purpose of the ...
The US Congress has created laws regarding gun regulations and the Supreme Court has ruled on several cases. The National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934 was the country's first major federal gun control legislation. The law required the registration of certain firearms, imposed taxes on the sale and manufacture of firearms, and restricted the sale and ...
After several victims and families of victims of gun violence and others sued gun manufacturers and dealers whose weapons were used to commit a crime, Congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) and the Child Safety Lock Act of 2005. The first act limited the liability of gun manufacturers and dealers when their firearms w...
Gaps in legislation can enable people to obtain guns who may not otherwise meet the legal requirements for purchase. The background check requirement, for example, can be avoided by purchasing firearms from an unlicensed seller who does not perform these checks. While referred to as the "gun show loophole," such sales can take place elsewhere, incl...
Do you interpret the Second Amendment as recognizing an individual or a collective right to own weapons? Explain your reasoning.Under what circumstances, if any, do you think gun control measures could be implemented without violating the Second Amendment? Why or why not?In your opinion, are existing gun control regulations sufficient to ensure public safety? What other types of measures, if any, do you think are needed? Explain your answer.Several mass shootings occurred during the presidency of Barack Obama, including the murders of twenty-seven children and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012 and forty-nine people at a Florida nightclub in 2016. Congressional inaction led Obama to issue executive orders that expanded background checks to cover firearms sold at gun shows and o...
Apr 4, 2017 · The United States ranks number 1 in the list of countries with most privately owned guns with 101 guns for every 100 individuals. 1 This has resulted in the loss of 32 lives and the treatment of 140 people every single day for gun related violence. 2 These numbers state that there are more lives lost in seven weeks at the hands of firearm relate...
Dec 10, 2019 · Despite the 1996 Dickey Amendment’s restriction of federal funding for research on gun violence by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Rostron, 2018 ), more than...
