Gun Control
Gun control is a topic that can be debated for days. Firearms have and will continue to affect many lives. Trying to eliminate the bad people from getting their hands on firearms should be done with a sort of vigilance. One way of doing this is the Brady Bill. The Brady Bill was implemented to so that those who desire to own a gun must go through a background check first. "The Brady Bill was implemented on February 28, 1994. This law established a national 5 business day waiting period on handgun purchases through licensed dealers. It also required local authorities to conduct background checks on handgun purchasers" (Ruoco, 1999, para. 5). Once a person has passed the background check they must complete a firearms safety course and be of a certain age. Our problem statement is gun control because of homicide, suicide and accidents.
The goal is to create a greater awareness of the dangers of guns and implement a more firm control on guns of all kinds. Currently state and federal laws are not able to assist us on this issue due to the leniency of them and the fact that society does not adhere to them.
The first objective is to use analysis and data to control the availability of legal guns. Across America the media continuously reports gun related crimes and deaths that are caused by shootings. For example in the DC area Sniper John Muhammad and his accomplice were sentenced to death for the killing of 10 people, we also experienced a tragedy in an Amish community where a gun man shot 10 school girls execution style, then there was the young 17 year old Lee Malvo who went on a killing spree, and we cannot forget the massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado where two students killed a teacher and 12 fellow students wh ...