... and Contexts on gun control and searching the web, my view on gun control supports banning guns, because too many lives are taken from this deadly weapon. With guns there is more crime and with concealed weapons there are more homicide rates. In the article "Tale of Two Cities" by Drs. J. H. Sloan, A. L. Kellermann, D. T. Reay, J. A. Ferris, T. Koepsell, ... handgun control state that people would find other means to kill, but according to this article both cities had the same number of deaths by other weapons. Often gun supporters" say, "Guns don't kill people, people kill people," and...

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... ) One of the reasons there is such a large descripency between nations is because in Germany, France, Canada, Britian, and Japan, handguns and assualt weapons are virtually banned from the general public. One study done by Arthur Kellerman comparing the rates of handgun violence in Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver Canada, demostrates ... as shot guns and rifles would be unaffected by these bans, because of no significantly large threat as the smaller more dangerous handguns/assualt weapons. This group also supports any efforts to limit the availability of gun dealers licenses, increasi...

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... the entire Vietnam War. Guns kept in the home are 43 times more likely to kill a family member, friend or acquaintance than an intruder. Although Assault weapons make up less than 1 percent of privately owned firearms in the U.S., they have been traced to from 4 percent to 9 percent of firearms crimes over the ... out of their homes don't even have a license to operate. This is just one of many examples of the need for gun control. People sell deadly weapons to who ever has enough money to purchase them. These illegal dealers are one of the main sources for guns carried by kids, and the...

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... there revenge or aggression. They argue the fact that if they couldn't get guns that they would use some other sort of deadly weapon to do the same thing. A good point brought about is; should the government take away all deadly objects from United States citizens such as steak knives. This question has been a tough one to answer for many of those ... for many years now. Another argument for gun control has been set on the fact that some people have been able to attain a small arsenal of weapons. Weapons that cannot even be used for hunting but weapons that are strictly for fun and plea...

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... least 211 million guns, including 71 million handguns, in private hands in this country. Second, thanks to the frequent use of lethal weapons in the commission of crimes, retail sales of guns purchased for personal protection are on the rise. Third, reverence for the Constitution, ... weapons, and killed many people. Another tragedy, which took place this past October, was the sniper attacks. One man, who got the sniper rifle and ammunition from the black market, went out and allegedly shot down at least thirteen people. All events of this nature make it look very easy to go out, buy a ...

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... comes to guns, there are some major differences that are taken into consideration when grouping them into categories. Handguns are smaller, cancelable weapons, while Riffles are larger, non-cancelable weapons. When looking at a handgun (or pistol), it is small, can fit into your hand and some models are able to ... automatic handguns, bolt action and semi-automatic riffles. They also make different types of assault and military weapons. Another big company is Remmington. They focus mostly on riffles, shotguns and assault weapons. Remmington had come out with the Sufarrie special and also...

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... % higher than the rate for the rest of the country. Maryland was another state to impose a waiting period for gun purchases. The state banned several small handguns and restricted "assault weapons", even regulated private transfers between family members and friends, and for the last decade Maryland's murder rate has averaged 44% higher than that of the rest of the country, the ... explained the international comparison myth, writing, "In any society, truly violent people are only a small minority. We know that criminals will neither obey gun bans nor refrain from turning other deadly in...

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... to experience a suicide than residents of homes without guns" (Kellermann Etal. 467-472.). As you can begin to see many criminal or deadly circumstances are enhanced by the presence of guns, but what about other weapons? More recent studies on weapons and violent crimes have generally concluded that death was at least twice as likely in gun assaults as in knife assaults. The ... ...

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... way to protect children against gun violence is to remove all guns from the home." Parents are making guns accessible to kids which need to stop (Smith 10). Keep all weapons locked in a lock box or safe and store the combination where only an adult can get to it. Hide keys where kids are unable to find them. Store the guns ... has not been charged, but the authorities plan on pursuing charges against adults who gave him access to a .32-caliber semiautomatic handgun. This boy is the youngest in a series of deadly school shootings that have happened through out the United States in the pa...

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... legally. They are stealing them or in many cases buying them on the black market. The number of illegal guns in circulation has turned record numbers of everyday encounters into deadly ones. Headlines change daily, but still chillingly report the same thing. In Washington D.C. a fifteen year old is shot by his best friend. In New Haven, Connecticut, a fourteen year old is ... schools. Gun awareness programs that teach youth the dangers and consequences of guns are being added to the school curriculum. People in America don't realize that focusing solely on the weapons obscures the under...

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... % of males and 22% of females reported that they had easy access to handguns and 11.4% were gun-owning males (O'Donnel 772). The access to guns might prove to be a deadly for both innocent bystanders and the holder of the gun. Children should not be able to own guns. One of the prerequisites for owning a gun should be that the person ... U.S. really understand how many lives that are being wasted every year because of the misuse of firearms? By 1998 legislation in 31 states, 9 since 1995 has passed laws issuing concealed weapons licenses to citizens ("America and Guns" 18). Some experts ...

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... that is not true. "Most everyone will agree that felons, addicts, morons, juveniles, alcoholics, the mentally incompetent and others in whose hands even an ice pick or baseball bat becomes a deadly weapon, should be denied guns."(Selib 202). But banning all hand guns is not the way to go about lowering the rate of crimes involving hand guns. As an example ... involve a firearm. "A study . . . revealed that in New York City, which has about the most prohibitive gun legislation in the country, only one out of six people convicted of crimes involving weapons went to jail." (Goldwater 186)....

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... the hijackers know that a good deal of the passengers will not go out willingly. When they look away, they turn around only to look down several barrels of small arms weapons with laser guided aim pointed right in between their eyes. A couple more seconds and they think they are in a scene in THE MATRIX, with a group of men, women, young, and ... the Constitution that Americans have the right to bear arms within a well regulated militia. Why make gun control such a controversial issue? In Virginia, you can make use of a car as a deadly weapon and run someone over, and get 12 months for ...

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