Gun Control: Is It A Problem? :: Second Amendment The Right To Bear Arms

Ten-thousand, five-hundred, twenty-s regular(a) spate die a year in a handgun link up incidents in the United States. This number, by far, out weighs thosegun related deaths in countries such as Sweden, Great Britain, and Japan, whichnumber 13, 22, and 87 respectively.     What is the reason for such drastic differences in numbers? The lattermentioned countries deport stricter gun run laws and they require bare armsafety courses. These laws have a condition relationship to the number of gundeaths which occur each year from body politic to country. Perhaps if the U.S. wouldadopt some of those laws the number of deaths would drop accordingly.     Winthrop addressed such a dilemma almost 350 years ago in his " speech tothe General Court" in 1645. Winthrops two main problems were where do the well(p)s of large number stop and the magistrates authority begin. According toWinthrop, people are naturally evil, and if go away to their o wn devices, theywill become even worse. Therefore, authority is a necessity. This selfsame(prenominal)principle holds true for gun control. People here in the U.S. have the "rightto bare arms," but with that right comes responsibility. As an American withthat right youre not free to shoot anyone or anything at will. Governmentshould make water laws to protect the rights of others.     I believe stricter gun control laws and better instruction on the use ofguns is necessary. People of the U.S. arent as rigidly regulated by gun lawscompared to our European neighbors. In the United States it takes anywhere froma a couple of(prenominal) days to a couple of weeks to get a permit to stop a handgun. However, inmost crimes committed with a handgun, the gun isnt even licensed. Moreauthority is necessary to control the illegal intervention of handguns. In England,guns which are permitted for hunting are required to be signed out, conclude ofuse stated, and t he type of gun.     I also feel the person requesting a permit should first be educated onthe proper use, cleaning, and handling of a firearm. This would help to avoidany accidental shootings from occurring. They should be do aware of all thelaws regarding the handling of firearms.     To some this may seem severe. only when as I stated earlier, these stricterlaws do affect the difference surrounded by the U.S. and Europe in the amount ofhandgun related deaths.     In these moot issues about gun control, it is my opinion thatthe United States should have stricter gun obtaining laws. If a criminal wasconvicted for a gun related crime, he should be ineffectual to purchase a gun.