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overview
What is gun control?
Why is gun control needed?
States where gun control laws are heavy
States where gun control laws are light
States that have no gun control law
Instances where heavy gun control laws should have helped
Personal experiences
Summary
References
what is gun control?
Gun control or the “regulation of firearms” are states laws or policies to limit the sales, transfers, or possession of firearms and firearm accessories.
Why gun control is needed?
I believe gun control is needed, although I also believe stricter laws will not end gun violence or even slow it down, but it is a step in the right direction. As a lawful gun owner, I also believe that people who own guns should only own the weapons that aid I self-defense and hunting, there is no reason why a civilian would need a .50 caliber sniper rifle.
Some states want to regulate firearms to help reduce the occurrences of gun violence towards other civilians and police officers. Most people like myself do believe this will help the issues, but it will not work over night. The laws need to be re-worked and implemented over a period of time, and not immediately.
States with heavy gun laws
According to a 2015 Washington Post article and 2013 Deseret News article the following 10 states have the strictest gun laws (top 3 with reasons):
California – must pass a written safety test, wait 10 days before delivery of gun after purchase, Get your handgun micro-stamped, which means the make, model and serial number of the gun is transferred to each cartridge case every time the gun is fired.
Connecticut - Apply for and receive an eligibility certificate before you buy a hand gun, a long gun and/or ammunition, wait 2 two weeks before delivery of gun after purchase, Agree to go through those background checks by the state, not just the FBI.
New Jersey - Agree to let local police use discretion when deciding whether to give you a conceal and carry permit, acquire a permit before buying a handgun and pass a background check, acquire a separate permit before buying a long gun, wait seven days before receiving the gun you just bought, *once the technology is approved for retail sale, have your gun personalized so that only you can fire it*
New York
Massachusetts
States with heavy gun laws cont.
Hawaii
Maryland
Rhode Island
Illinois
Pennsylvania
States with light gun laws
According to a 2015 Washington Post article the following are the top three state with the more lenient gun laws:
Louisiana - Buy a firearm online or in a private sale without first going through a background check, Transfer and own assault weapons, .50 caliber rifles and large capacity ammunition magazines are legal.
Mississippi - Buy a firearm online or in a private sale without first going through a background check, transfer and own assault weapons, .50 caliber rifles and large capacity ammunition magazines are legal, Buy as many firearms as you want at once.
Arizona - Buy a firearm online or in a private sale without first going through a background check, transfer and own assault weapons, .50 caliber rifles and large capacity ammunition magazine are legal, buy as many firearms as you want at once, carry a concealed gun in public without a permit.
States that have no gun laws
The following states have little no to gun laws. These state you are basically free to do what you want and own what you want in the aspect of owning a firearm.
Louisiana – Do not Require background checks for the transfer of a firearm between unlicensed parties, regulate assault weapons, require gun owners to have a license or register their firearms, allow local governments to regulate firearms.
Mississippi – Do not Require background checks for the transfer of a firearm between private parties, regulate assault weapons, require gun owners to have a license.
Kentucky – Do not Conduct background checks, instead relying on the FBI, require background checks for the transfer of a firearm between private parties, license firearms owners, regulate assault weapons.
Missouri – Do not Require background checks for the transfer of a firearm between private parties, prohibit assault weapons, impose a waiting period on firearm purchases.
Alaska – Do not Require background checks for the transfer of a firearm between private parties, prohibit assault weapons, regulate ammunition sales, limit bulk gun purchases.
Instances when gun control laws would have helped
According to CNN the following are some the deadliest shooting in American history.
49 killed - June 12, 2016 - Omar Saddiqui Mateen, 29, opens fire inside Pulse, a gay nightclub, in Orlando. At least 49 people are killed and more than 50 are injured. Police shoot and kill Mateen during an operation to free hostages officials say he was holding at the club.
32 killed - April 16, 2007 - Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. A gunman, 23-year-old student Seung-Hui Cho, goes on a shooting spree killing 32 people in two locations and wounding an undetermined number of others on campus. The shooter then commits suicide.
27 killed - December 14, 2012 - Sandy Hook Elementary School - Newtown, Connecticut. Adam Lanza, 20, guns down 20 children, ages six and seven, and six adults, school staff and faculty, before turning the gun on himself. Investigating police later find Nancy Lanza, Adam's mother, dead from a gunshot wound.
Instances when gun control laws would have helped cont.
14 killed - December 2, 2015 - Married couple Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik open fire on an employee gathering taking place at Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, killing 14 people.
13 killed - April 20, 1999 - Columbine High School - Littleton, Colorado. Eighteen-year-old Eric Harris and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold kill 12 fellow students and one teacher before committing suicide in the school library.
13 killed - April 3, 2009 - In Binghamton, New York, Jiverly Wong kills 13 people and injures four during a shooting at an immigrant community center. He then kills himself.
Granted the gun control laws would not have stopped some of the these tragedies, but one can’t help if tighter gun laws might have helped.
Personal experience
When I was 16 walking home from football practice my brother and I attacked by a group of white supremacist they held us a gunpoint, while they beat us, robbed us, and called us every derogatory name you can call a Black American. The sad part about the whole thing is that we knew the people who were doing this terrible thing to us, kids we grew up with. They took the guns from their parents gun safe and went around terrorizing kids until a kid was accidently shot in the leg as he was trying to run away. Although they were caught the damage was done and a lot of people believed that if they didn’t have access to the firearms it would have never happened.
summary
What is gun control?
Why is gun control needed?
States where gun control laws are heavy
States where gun control laws are light
States that have no gun control law
Instances where heavy gun control laws should have helped
Personal experiences
references
Phillips, A. (2015, December 04). California has the nation’s strictest gun laws. Here are the other strictest and loosest states. Retrieved August 07, 2017, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/12/04/california-has-the-nations-strictest-gun-laws-here-are-the-other-strictest-and-loosest-states/?utm_term=.1021b05cc2af
Hartvigsen, M. (n.d.). 10 states with the strictest gun laws | Deseret News. Retrieved August 07, 2017, from http://www.deseretnews.com/top/1428/0/10-states-with-the-strictest-gun-laws.html
Romney, G. (n.d.). The 10 states with the least restrictive gun laws | Deseret News. Retrieved August 07, 2017, from http://www.deseretnews.com/top/3430/0/The-10-states-with-the-least-restrictive-gun-laws.html
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/16/us/20-deadliest-mass-shootings-in-u-s-history-fast-facts/index.html
