The Gun Control Problem and Various Alternatives and Actions Taken to Address the Issue

Control and Ownership of Firearms
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Control and Ownership of Firearms
One of the current major political issues in America is control and firearm ownership among individuals. It refers to any legal actions that aim to control possession or gun usage. Researchers have encountered various challenges, such as difficulties collecting accurate data on how the state implemented multiple rules. Researchers need precise information to determine where and when gun rules were enacted before evaluating whether implementation of the regulations has resulted in variations in different outcomes. To clearly understand gun control and firearm ownership in America, an in-depth analysis of the situation is substantial. First, the typical leading story in evening news is violence (Watkins, 2019). Political campaigns, speeches, and political offices are dominated mainly by crime and its prevention. Violence acts have a significant impact on the victims and the general welfare of the community. Violence reduction is vital for the success of a democratic and inclusive social system. The aspect of maintaining social order while controlling individuals' rights and freedom is essential in violence prevention. The paper denotes the gun control problem and various alternatives and actions taken to address the issue.
The Problem
The United States has the most controversial conversation regarding gun control. Gun possession is protected by the United States constitution, while guns commit common murders among its citizens. The rate of homicide by firearm in the United States is the highest compared to other developed nations. Advocates for gun control in the United States dispute that reducing access to guns will help in reducing crime and save lives in the country. On the contrary, opponents say that law-abiding citizens will be unable to defend themselves against armed criminals (Duignan, 2018). Also, the gun control discussion in the United States depends on individual corrects interpretation of the Second Amendment of the U.S constitution (Sidlow & Henschen, 2017). The second amendment expresses that folks are free to keep and bear firearms. Many U.S courts interpret the amendment from the perspective that it allows folks to keep and carry firearms.
In the United States, mass murders are high, and some are not mentioned in media outlets. Heinous events usually attract national attention, such as the killing of 49 people in the Orlando nightclub in 2016 and the elementary school in Newton where 20 children and six adults were massacred (Duignan, 2018). During the time, there was a short and fruitless discussion about enacting stricter gun control measures. Politicians from major political parties feared retaliation from the NRA and offered their thoughts and prayers to the affected people. However, they failed to enact reasonable and constitutional measures that could prevent such scenarios in the future, such as expanding the background check for firearm purchase and reinstating the federal ban on assault weapons.
Gun control is about individuals' ability to control their gun usage and not liking or disliking guns. It mainly involves determining the effectiveness of gun control, especially on government control as practiced through the law. Most ideological cleavages in the United States politics entails choosing between more or less aggressive functions of government. The current policy in the gun control area is marked by the Gun Control Act of 1968 (Watkins, 2019). The Act was enacted after a public outrage after the assassination of various people like Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr, and Robert Kennedy. In addition, different highly publicized occasions of gun violence, including injuries on presidents Reagan and Jim Brandly and various shootings, resulted in the 1993 Brandy Act and the Assault Weapons Ban in the subsequent year. The two Acts are symbolically challenged despite being new measures with less severity than state laws that govern the nation.
People opposing the introduction of more gun control argue that the United States already has 20,000 gun laws, and violence increases as more gun regulations are enacted. On the flip side, individuals advocating for more gun laws argue that the rules have limited effects on large states, and incidents would if they were not enforced. The use of guns in self-defense in another disputed area. Gun opponents folks argue studies deduce that firearms are used approximately 2.4 million times annually for protection. On the other side, gun proponents refer to data indicating more than 80,000 times gun usage (Watkins, 2019). The groups use data from various nations to support their arguments. The advocates for gun refer to nations with stricter gun regulations and lower levels of gun violence, such as Switzerland, where a large population own guns and the country's rate of violence is relatively low.
Famous Court Rulings
The U.S supreme court has handled various cases linked to the second amendment and laws attempting to regulate the amendment. The National Firearm Act (NFA) was passed in 1934 by congress. The Act was the first main federal gun control r...