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Ineffectiveness of the Capital Punishment System
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This study uses regression analysis to examine the relationship between state-level firearm death rates in the US and several independent variables representing prevailing theories about the causes of gun deaths. The analysis finds that states with weaker gun laws and higher unemployment rates have statistically significant higher firearm death rates, while personal income, mental illness rates, and income inequality were not significant predictors. This provides support for the argument that lax gun regulation and poor economic conditions contribute to higher rates of gun deaths in the US.
Guns
The document argues that banning firearms will do more harm than good for several reasons:
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2) Criminals who break the law will still obtain guns illegally. Studies show that 55% of arrestees say they can get guns illegally and juveniles and adults can easily obtain illegal guns.
3) Countries that have recently strengthened gun laws have seen increases in violent crime, like a 40% rise in gun crime in the UK and a 51% rise in armed rob
Prevention Efforts to Reduce Firearm Suicide among At Risk Individuals in the...
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Gun violence and gun control almas khan, University College Cork
This document discusses gun violence and gun control from a public health perspective. It provides data on the global burden of firearm injuries and deaths. In the US, firearm deaths exceed 48,000 annually, with over half being suicides. States with higher gun ownership rates have higher firearm suicide rates. While the 2nd Amendment addresses gun rights, gun control opponents are heavily funded by the powerful NRA lobby. There are strong arguments both for and against gun control. Treating gun violence as a public health issue, prevention strategies could integrate population-based and high-risk interventions using a social ecological model to address individual, relationship, community and societal risk factors.
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2nd Amendment
"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.“
Individual interpretation influences a persons point of view on who has the right to "keep and bear arms"
The Second Amendment does not clearly define whom "the people" are.
Militia Act of 1903
Organized militia – consisting of State militia forces; notably, the National Guard and Naval Militia.
Unorganized militia – composing the Reserve Militia: every able-bodied man of at least 17 and under 45 years of age, not a member of the National Guard or Naval Militia.
So – who are the people?
United States Code, title 10, sec. 311 (1956)
Militia Composition and Classes
"The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States, and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard
So – who are the people?
Gun ownership advocates
2nd Amendment = any individual, whether in the military or not, should be allowed to own firearms.
The constitutional right should never be taken away because it would completely violate the purpose the bill of rights
Thomas Jefferson - "The strongest reason for the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject."
Self-protection = most common reasons for owning guns
SCOTUS – District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)
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Held: The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.
Gun control advocates
Stricter laws, policies, regulations that address the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, or modification, or use of firearms citizens
More gun control laws would reduce gun deaths.
High-capacity magazines should be banned because they are related to mass murder.
More gun control laws needed to protect women from domestic abusers and stalkers.
Guns are rarely used in self-defense.
Legally owned guns frequently stolen and used by criminals.
Reduce the societal costs associated with gun violence.
A majority of adults, including gun owners, support common sense gun control such as background checks, bans on assault weapons, and bans on high capacity magazines
Fewer suicides.
Mandatory safety features would reduce the number of accidental gun deaths.
Presence of a gun makes a conflict more likely to become violent.
Armed civilians are unlikely to stop crimes and are more likely to make dangerous situations, including mass shootings, more deadly.
Countries with restrictive gun control laws have lower gun homicide and suicide rates than the United States.
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Violent Crimes Report for Continental U.S. (1980 - 2009)
The document discusses violent crime rates in the continental United States from 1980 to 2009 based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting data. It finds that violent crime peaked in the early 1990s, with 1992 having the most reports of violent crime for the decade. The passage of the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which provided billions for law enforcement and crime prevention, corresponded with declining violent crime rates throughout the remainder of the 1990s. Rates fluctuated by state and decade, influenced by factors like the introduction of crack cocaine in the 1980s and economic conditions. Overall, reports of violent crime increased dramatically from the 1960s through the early 1990s before declining for the rest of the analyzed period.
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