Gun Ownership and CensorshipUnit3
Gun Ownership and Censorship Unit 3
InterpretationofthequotationsWithout full gun registration, our police cannot work well. Somecivilized nations have full gun registration and their streets aresafer.We shouldfollowthemandhelp make our streetssafer!Everyyearmorethan25,000Americansdie,andmanyaccidents,suicidesand murdershappenbecausetoo manypeoplehave guns.If it is easyfor people to get guns,humanslivesareput into danger asthis deadlyweaponbecomestooconvenient.Criminals don't respect the law anyway, so gun control laws willhave no effect on criminals who are determined to get guns andcommit crimes. Such laws will only deter law-abiding citizensfrom buying guns; this will give criminals more chances to attackpeoplewithoutany weapons and henceencourage criminals tocommit crimes
Interpretation of the quotations • Without full gun registration, our police cannot work well. Some civilized nations have full gun registration and their streets are safer. We should follow them and help make our streets safer! • Every year more than 25,000 Americans die, and many accidents, suicides and murders happen because too many people have guns. If it is easy for people to get guns, humans’ lives are put into danger as this deadly weapon becomes too convenient. • Criminals don’t respect the law anyway, so gun control laws will have no effect on criminals who are determined to get guns and commit crimes. Such laws will only deter law-abiding citizens from buying guns; this will give criminals more chances to attack people without any weapons and hence encourage criminals to commit crimes
Gunviolence in the United StatesGun violence in theUnited States is an intenselydebated political issue in the United States.Gunrelatedviolence ismost common inpoorurbanareasand in conjunction with gang violence,ofteninvolvingjuveniles or young adults.Gun violence is not new inthe United States, with the assassinations of PresidentAbrahamLincolnin1865,andofPresidentsJamesGarfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy. Highprofile gun violence incidents, such as theassassinations of Robert F. Kennedy, Martin LutherKing, Jr., and, more recently, the Columbine HighSchool massacre,theBeltway sniperattacks,andtheVirginia Tech massacre,have also fueled debate overgun policies
Gun violence in the United States • Gun violence in the United States is an intensely debated political issue in the United States. Gun related violence is most common in poor urban areas and in conjunction with gang violence, often involving juveniles or young adults. Gun violence is not new in the United States, with the assassinations of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, and of Presidents James Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy. High profile gun violence incidents, such as the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and, more recently, the Columbine High School massacre, the Beltway sniper attacks, and the Virginia Tech massacre, have also fueled debate over gun policies
TheCenters for DiseaseControl and Prevention (CDC)estimated 52.447deliberate and 23.237accidentalnon-fatal gunshot injuries in the United States during2000.The majority of gun-related deaths in the UnitedStates are suicides, with firearms used in 16,907suicides in the United States during2004.Legalpolicies at the Federal, state, and local levels haveattempted to address gun violence through a variety ofmethods, including restricting firearms purchasing byyouths and other "at-risk" populations, setting waitingperiods for firearm purchases, establishing gun "buy-back"programs, targeted law enforcement and policingstrategies, stiff sentencing of gun law violators,education programs for parents and children, andcommunity-outreachprograms
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated 52,447 deliberate and 23,237 accidental non-fatal gunshot injuries in the United States during 2000.The majority of gun-related deaths in the United States are suicides, with firearms used in 16,907 suicides in the United States during 2004. Legal policies at the Federal, state, and local levels have attempted to address gun violence through a variety of methods, including restricting firearms purchasing by youths and other "at-risk" populations, setting waiting periods for firearm purchases, establishing gun "buyback" programs, targeted law enforcement and policing strategies, stiff sentencing of gun law violators, education programs for parents and children, and community-outreach programs
Research has shownmixed results,finding somepolicies such as gun"buy-back"programs areineffective,while Boston's Operation Ceasefire (a gangviolence abatement strategy) has been effective as anintervention strategy. Gun policy in the United States isalso highly influenced by debates overtheinterpretation of the Second Amendment to the UnitedStates Constitution, which states"A well regulatedMilitia, being necessary to the security of a free Statethe right of the people tokeep and bear Arms, shall notbe infringed." In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court took aposition for the first time on this issue in District ofColumbia v. Heller, holding that the second amendmentsecures an individual right to own firearms. Gun rightsadvocates generally support unrestricted gunownership, whereas gun control advocates advocatevariousrestrictionsongunownership
• Research has shown mixed results, finding some policies such as gun "buy-back" programs are ineffective, while Boston's Operation Ceasefire (a gang violence abatement strategy) has been effective as an intervention strategy. Gun policy in the United States is also highly influenced by debates over the interpretation of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, which 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." In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court took a position for the first time on this issue in District of Columbia v. Heller, holding that the second amendment secures an individual right to own firearms. Gun rights advocates generally support unrestricted gun ownership, whereas gun control advocates advocate various restrictions on gun ownership