That a citizen should have the right to have a gun.
Pistol - a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
Gun - any portable firearm, as a rifle, revolver, etc.( a weapon comprising a metallic tube, with its stock or carriage and attachments, from which heavy missiles are thrown by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.).
Citizen - a member, native or naturalised, of a state or nation.
Fire arms or weapons exist in all countries in this world. Some countries have strict laws on who is allowed to own a firearm.
Most countries have crime involving guns, rifles or firearms - they are committed by criminals and not law abiding citizens. However, if less firearms are available then .
Crimes committed with guns.
People dies from gun related incidences:.
Yes, citizens should have the right to bear / have / own a firearm No, we should not have the right to own, bear/ have a firearm.
discourages people to break into someone's home as they might be armed and fight back.
gives a person the security that they can defend themselves against intruders Many people don't know how to store their weapons - also inadequate training and fooling around with weapons can cause accidents.
It is not just the deliberate misuse of weapons which has caused deaths but during cleaning or playing around with them.
allows you to interfere with a crime in progress.
It is not always death but trauma related to people who have been threatened by a handgun.
It is hard to relate the way of research to actual crime figures.
There could be a number of reasons for the fall or decline in criminal activitiy - eg- more computer crimes are being done, other weapons are used (eg knives, ).
This is a transcript of The World Today broadcast at 1200 AEST on local radio.
ELEANOR HALL: Now to some good news on crime in our community. The Australian Institute of Criminology has released a new study, which shows the rate of gun-related murders and robberies has fallen sharply since 1996, and it appears to be due to the Government's massive buy-back of weapons.
