Gun Control
"I say all guns are good guns. There are no bad guns. I say the whole nation should be an armed nation. Period." This rather bold statement was made by the award winning actor Charlton Heston and current President of the NRA, or National Rifle Association. The NRA is a special interest group known by many. Its members are stereotyped to be a group of truck-driving, pompous, huntsmen. Indeed this is partially true, as 97% of all NRA members are suburban men (Lacayo 20). Because the organization is a more Domestic Blend, it is a surprising fact that the NRA is a powerful lobbyist organization. As a lobbyist organization, the NRA has a current main objective of protecting American citizen's rights, to possess and operate a firearm, from being violated by gun control laws. One of the NRA's main weapons in this crusade is the second amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America. The amendment's translation in the eyes of the NRA and many American citizens clearly protects the individual rights of all citizens to possess and operate firearms. This would easily make any and all gun control laws unconstitutional, and therefore illegal. This translation, however, is not accepted by all people. One group of people
Another example of unwanted gun violence restriction laws was the famous AK-47 crisis. Due to governmental handgun bans, the military issue AK-47 became easily accessible, due to the extended barrel, which allowed the assault weapon to fall under more lenient gun bans. This weapon quickly became a favorite weapon of thieves and one which created many drive-by-shootings. In one such case, an AK-47 was used in the massacre of many school children, which was attained legally. One can begin to wonder just how many of these violent crimes could have been prevented by a self-defense weapon. The attacks by the automatic assault weapon eventually led to more strict assault weapon bans (Hancock C2). Nevertheless, the percentile of assault weapons related to violent crimes has in facet decreased only a minuscule amount. Which lead experts to believe that many assault weapon related crimes were done with illegal weapons. After all, it would be somewhat illogical of people to commit crimes which were easily traced back to them by means of a simple background check of assault weapon owners (Hancock C2). It should be noted, that not all forms of gun control are intolerable, 73% of the 70 million gun owners in America declared that mandatory gun registration exist and 87% of the voters stated that background checks should be required (Lacayo 17). One form of gun control which was very minutely argued was the Toys for Guns Incentive. The incentive allowed for $100 in toys, to be given to anyone who turns in a weapon. The program was viewed as a safe way to get guns off the street. However, it was considered an unsuccessful action. Most of the guns recovered were not considered to be those that were being used in viole
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