Gun Control Essay Research Paper One of

Gun Control Essay, Research Paper

One of the most controversial issues of today is the

topic of gun control. It is not only a popular debate, but

has now become one of the key reasons people vote for a

particular candidate. But is gun control the only answer to

help stop crime, or is there another solution. I believe

that if we as a society cannot even control ourselves to

become responsible for our own actions then we are lost.

Gun control isn.t the answer, instead we should concentrate

on training and controlling the people who are using these

firearms. A quote from Charlton Heston, president of the

NRA, .We teach our children not to play with a hot stove, to

look both ways before crossing the street and to avoid the

dangers of drugs and other harmful substances. And we

should certainly teach our young children how to avoid

tragic accidents with firearms..

With such groups as the NRA, ACLU, and the MRC many

agree that their has to be another solution. The NRA alone

has over four million people supporting them. The NRA also

supports many programs to better increase the knowledge

about firearms and the safety of the people using them. For

example they agree with the proposition to have mandatory

background checks for anyone purchasing a firearm at a gun

show. They also agree with and help to fund school

education programs for gun safety including their award

winning Eddie Eagle GunSafe Programs, which since 1988 has

been viewed by over 12 million school children in every

state in the country. But the controversy doesn.t arise in

these programs because almost everyone would agree that a

more informed and educated society isn.t a bad thing. The

problem lays within the issue of banning guns, and

registering guns.

Should all guns be registered in a national database.

The NRA says no. Another quote from Charlton Heston. . In

every jurisdiction where registration has been imposed,

government confiscation and destruction has occurred. Yet,

that is exactly the goal of anti-gun lobbyists.. This was

taken from a debate between NRA president Charlton Heston

and Handgun Control Inc. chair Sarah Brady. Heston

continues on to say .Sarah Brady, chair of Handgun Control

Inc., told the New York Times on August 15, 1993 that her

ultimate goal is a .need based. licensing system, with all

guns and gun transfers registered with the federal

government. In her ideal world, an honest citizen would

have to prove to government bureaucrats his or her need to

own a firearm. Think about that for a moment. Can you

satisfy Mrs. Brady.s requirement that you need your shotgun.

Or the handgun you keep for protection in your home.. This

raises an interesting point. If this system were to pass,

how would you judge a person.s need for a firearm,

especially for protection purposes. Another possible

precaution that is being proposed by presidential candidate

Al Gore, is the fingerprinting and photographing of every

gun owner for an identification card. What criminal is

going to stand in line and give his fingerprints and

photograph away to the federal government. So how would

this help reduce gun-related crimes. Simply put, it

wouldn.t, but Al Gore is still pushing for it, much like the

systems that were already introduced to such countries as

Australia, England, and Canada. Shortly after these

countries began confiscating and destroying privately owned

guns. Now I.m not saying that I believe the federal

government is trying to overturn our country by taking away

our firearms, but it is a little suspicious when compared to

the previous history of other countries.

So what does Sarah Brady and the Handgun Control Inc.

think about national registration of firearms. .Handgun

registration is: a way of ensuring that the police can track

any gun that is used in a crime, do a better job of proving

that a crime gun was indeed purchased by the criminal and

convict those criminals and send them to jail.. Though they

believe in handgun registration, they don.t believe in

registering rifles or shotguns since they are rarely used in

crimes. I agree that justice must be served and that any

possible way of finding these criminals and upholding the

law should be taken, but choosing between confiscation and

registration is a tough choice. I.d rather have the right

to own a gun. Also if the possibility of confiscation arose

think how much easier it would be for the federal government

to track you down and steal your firearm. Although it seems

far fetched that this could ever happen I.d rather not take

any chances.

Another huge controversy of today is between the two

possible presidential candidates Al Gore, and George W.

Bush.

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