Gun Control (Term Paper Sample)

A Discussion on Gun Control
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Introduction
The policy of gun control has been advocated in all countries across the world. It is the act of controlling and limiting the possession of fire arms especially short guns among the citizens in any State. This can be done by constituting laws and regulation that limit gun ownership and ensuring that anyone owning one must be licensed by the government. Most of the countries in the world have very strict rules governing the possession of guns unlike the United States with modest restrictions (Lott, 2013, p.103).
The gun control policy has fuelled controversies from activists. Proponents of gun control have strongly advocated for this enactment due to the dangers encountered by the widespread ownership of guns. On the other hand, its opponents have not seen any cause for alarm in the possession of guns since there have not been high number of cases reported of gun misuse. Moreover, they are of the opinion that this strategy has not done any good especially by reducing murders or injuries of gun-related issues and that it only infringes on people’s right of self-defence.
The push for gun control has topped among the issues in American politics’ debates as several leaders have tried addressing it to the best of their knowledge. Researches done on whether the gun control policy is effective has its findings averagely rated. The rate of gun-related murders and the num...