Why Do Americans Love Guns

Executive Summary

The paper discuss about the factor and impact of American love to use guns. The consequences and ethical consideration are being identified in this paper. It is actually a fact that Americans just love to use guns, thus there are Americans who still live in this tradition and for those who have a gun to defend their freedom. They are people who distrust the government or who are hostile to him, this aspect is also part of a deeply rooted individualism. For this reason, analysis is based on getting an overall understanding of gun violence, such as incidence, and then looking specifically at victims and perpetrators of gun violence, in an attempt to best identify who is most likely to pull the trigger. Through a more thorough assessment of gun violence, being able to then come up with multiple data points that would be important to collect in order to both prevent future shootings and to solve these crimes. Researchers have traditionally analyzed both victims and offenders of shooting incidents by specific demographics: gender, race and ethnicity, and age. It is a fact that the development in the manufacture of weapons, especially handguns, has exacerbated the debate between freedom and restricting the use of weapons. The easy access to weapons use is to some extent related to crime and criminality, which is a recurrent argument of the supporters of the restriction. Thus, some people view guns as necessary weapons to be used against crime, while others contend that too many guns lead to too many instances of crime and too many accidents. The tension between these views has been building over the past few years, and the political debates that it has generated are far from settled.

Table of Content

Executive Summary1

Introduction4

Overview5

Ideas and Controversies6

Significance of the issue6

History of Gun Control7

Controversies8

Self-Defense8

Balance of Power9

A Dramatic Decline9

Fact File10

Circumstances Surrounding Gun Use10

Guns and Crime10

Causes of Gun Violence12

Situational Factors: Weapons Involved12

Gun-Related Statistics12

The Current Situation13

Theoretical Overview14

Situational Factors: Participants of Shootings15

Gun Control in Chicago16

Guns Use in the United States?16

Weapons Abuse17

Ethical Concerns19

Importance of Gun Control and Gun Violence19

Comparison with other Countries20

Law and Legislation21

Prevalence of Gun Violence in Society21

Gun Control Act21

Second Amendment22

Legislation23

Advantages and Disadvantages of Gun Control Legislations23

How Often Are Guns Used in Non-Lethal Crimes?24

Recommendations24

Conclusion25

References27

Why Do Americans Love Guns

Introduction

Americans might have various affairs with guns; however they are surprisingly squeamish regarding the sight of them in public. Americans just love to use guns, thus there are Americans who still live in this tradition and for those who have a gun to defend their freedom. They are people who distrust the government or who are hostile to him, this aspect is also part of a deeply rooted individualism. However, it has been observed that when the families of the victims come together to pray for legislators to ban the sale of such weapons, other citizens angrily rise to defend "our second amendment rights (Smith, 2008). The amendment reads: "As a well regulated militia necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the ...