Strict Gun Control In Australia

The rise in cases of gun violence and related incidences of assault has drawn the public to the issue of guns and gun control. Such has been evident within the spheres of politics especially with the last election period seeing the incumbent president Donald Trump suggesting on stringent gun control laws. However, despite the acknowledgment of the need to have better gun laws, much ground and consensus has never reached. Such, to an extent, contributed to the current lack of political goodwill within the country to have the necessary legislations enacted to facilitate the same on the controls (Grandy 23). Of the guns under question are the assault rifles. Like the military weapons, assault rifles have a destructive potential to causing

The United States has 88.8 guns per 100 people. As a country the United States has approximately 270,000,000 guns. Both categories top the world. 22% of gun owners own two or more firearms. This gun wave had very humble beginnings from westward expansion to the revolutionary war and to the Second Amendment. This controversial amendment states: "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

A strict gun control policy has a good impact on Canada. It protects society and lower homicide rates associated with guns. Not only that, it prevents dangerous people to get guns to some extent.

On March 24, 1998, firing from the woods overlooking their school, 13-year-old Andrew Golden and 11-year-old Mitchell Johnson shot and killed four middle school students and a teacher and injured ten other students in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The two boys had a semiautomatic M-1 carbine with a large ammunition magazine, two other rifles, seven handguns and more than 500 rounds of ammunition which they took from the home of one of the boy?s grandfather, who had a large arsenal of weapons left unsecured. Officers arrested the two boys as they ran through the wooded area near the school, and they were convicted on five counts of capital murder and ten counts of first-degree battery in September 1998.

Gun control is defined as the set of laws or policies that maintain regulation of the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification or use of firearms by civilians. There are an estimated total of 260 000 illegal guns on the street in Australia. Australia Border Force are finding 33 guns or firearm parts a week. The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) conducted an investigation into illegal firearms back in 2012. They estimated 10 000 illegal guns in the market. There were 2.75million registered guns held by 730 000 licence holders. In the 18 years prior to 1996 Australia experienced 13 mass shootings in which 104 victims were killed with at least 52 were wounded. Since the introduction of tougher gun control laws there have been no mass shootings since that time period.

In July of 2014, the public safety minister, Steven Blaney, announced the act of Bill C-42. This Bill will make it easier to obtain an assault weapon or handgun. The Coalition for Gun Control, in the past twenty years has been dedicated and determined to reduce the rate of deaths, violence and crimes associated with guns.("Coalition for Gun Control." Coalition for Gun Control. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2016.) The issue, however, is one from perspective. From where Canadians are, they probably don't feel any threat. When Canadians think about gun violence they will often refer to the states, and not even consider that we too have a problem within our own borders. Controlling firearms in Canada is primarily governed by the Firearms Act, the Criminal

On a seemingly normal day on the 29th of April 1996, an average looking 28 year old male, Martin Bryant, ate lunch and approached a café in Port Arthur, Tasmania. The man pulled a semi-automatic rifle from a bag, relentlessly killing 35 innocent people and injuring another 23. The Port Arthur massacre was a pinnacle turning point in Australia’s history as the prime minister of the time, John Howard, introduced the National Firearms Agreement, banning all semi-automatic and automatic rifles alongside pump action shotguns http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/port-arthur-massacre-shooting-spree-changed-australia-gun-laws-n396476. Ever since the introduction of the National Firearms Agreement, Australian citizens have not been victims of mass shootings

Gun-control has been a controversy between Americans over the years and it has gotten to a point where it seems to divide Americans severely. It has been a controversy on whether or not the U.S. should establish tougher gun-control laws rather than preserve our current gun laws. The U.S. should establish tougher gun-control laws in order to put a stop to gun violence.

There has always been and always will be a problem with crime in America. Gun control has become a hot topic when talking about crime prevention. Gun control is any law, policy, or practice created to regulate the possession, production, sale, and use of firearms by private citizens.

Gun related deaths are among the highest cause of homicide. Gun violence has taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Australia, however, is a country with little to none gun related incidents. After an event in 1996, John Howard created a gun reform, and gun-related homicide dropped drastically, compared to other countries worldwide. Mass shooting has become a frequently talked about subject on the news and social media. Some countries that has “rights to keep and bear arms” should consider having gun control--like Australia--to prevent future disasters.

In 2015, there are have been 312 mass shootings all across the United States. Within the 312 mass shootings there has been 20 school shootings, including the Umpqua Community College shooting that just happened nearly a month ago. Both sides of the political spectrum cannot come with a Bi-partisanship agreement on guns. Even though Congress cannot decide whether or not to in act some type of gun control order what if gun control was not the answer?

There are those who believe that the NRA has too much political pull in Washington. One such case Representative Peter Smith (R-NH) chose to sponsor a bill that would ban assault weapons. This was after telling the NRA that he opposed gun control. The following election the NRA targeted him and he lost his election race. The NRA has an uncanny ability to feed on the fears of the U.S. citizens.

In 1996 Australia had a mass shooting. Later that same year, they passed the National Firearms Agreement (NFA). There has not been a mass shooting since. The NFA called for Australian states and territories to regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms. This included a “ban on certain semi-automatic and self-loading rifles and shotguns, standard licensing and permit criteria, storage requirements and inspections, and greater restrictions on the sale of firearms and ammunition.”

Should there be gun control? Should there be restrictions on guns? No, there should not be gun control or a restriction on guns. Gun control laws don't deter crime; gun ownership deters crime. Also guns don't kill people, people kill people. There needs to be a person that thinks it's okay to kill a person to pull the trigger.

The legality of having guns and possessing firearms in the United States of America is well engraved within the Second Amendment of the nation’s constitution. However, the issue of gun regulation has remained a central topic in America’s public. Some people advocate for a total ban on gun possession, while others are totally against this idea. The shooting incident in Las Vegas weeks ago has raised controversial debates in the United States of America. In fact, the White House is concerned on the stand that President Trump will take on the issue of stricter gun laws. One of the cities that has gained the attention of both the legislators on this topic is Chicago. For its reputation for its low rate of gang arrests, lax punishments for gun law violations, and comparatively weak laws in accordance with surrounding states, it is justifiable to say that Chicago’s daily shootings are a clear indicator that strict state gun laws don’t work.