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The use of guns and the way of controlling use of guns has become a challenge in the

United States of America. The policies that the U.S government has introduced will decrease the

number of deaths that are usually caused by the use of guns. Use of guns in schools have been a

point of concern over years. Many ideas have developed on the legitimacy of the use of guns in

the schools by the teachers. In this research, I will strive to research on the possible causes of

shootings in schools and all the legal issue that can relate to the legal issues. The issue of weapons

has been a point of concern in the countries over time. The weapons in the community can cause

unnecessary assault that would affect the citizens of the country. Lack of policies on gun control

and the way gun users use them has increased the killings of the citizens of America as compared

to other countries. This increase in murder cases, is despite the fact that American has a lot of guns

that can be used for security by its citizens.

The availability of gun enables citizens to be safe from their enemies. Just like in the case

United States v. Cruikshank in 1875 that involved Ku Klux Klan, the United States government

has proposed the use of firearms by teachers in school. In the case, the use of firearms was needed

to offer protection to the people and never to harm any person in the country. Teachers will use

the guns to protect themselves from hostile students and their enemies. This will enable the hostile

students to have a fear of their teachers, and this will promote safety among the teachers in the

country. All the restrictions that are placed in the community will aim at safeguarding the lives of

the teachers and the pupils in schools. The project will need to answer many questions that relate

to the legal implication of school shooting.

Issues of School Shootings

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An incident of mass shooting occurred in 14

February 2018 whereby a former students

fired utilizing the Semi-Automatic AR-15 rifle in Florida. The firing was done in the Marjory

Stoneman school. During the firing incidents, there were 17 people who were killed and 15 people

were seriously injured. From the incident, the students of the school had to react and develop a

social Activism where the slogan of “Never Again” was developed.

Another incident of school shooting had also occurred in2012 in Sandy Hook. In the area,

there are more than 239 shootings in schools that have occurred. The shootings have led to killing

of many teachers and pupils in schools. The shooting has therefore led to a lot of debate in social

media on the way the issues can be rectified. In the political debates, there are many people who

saw that the second amendment act had become a great obstacle to the control of guns but the

decisions from the supreme court has offered a space that would ensure that the government

develop policies and departments to control the use of firearms in the country.

School shootings in America has frequently occurred over time. In 2015, an attack occurred in

Milwaukee whereby 3 people sustain serious injuries. In the same year, 2015 on 24

May, a school

shooting occurred in Michigan whereby there were seven people who were injured. There were

two men who have since then been charged for the incident in school. On 14

September 2015, a

school shooting occurred in Sacramento in California whereby one person was killed and two

others were injured. A more dangerous issue of school shooting occurred in Roseburg in Oregon

whereby 10 people were killed and nine were injured. The shooting occurred in Umpqua College.

Another shooting occured in Great High school on 20

March 2018. During the shooting, two

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people were killed and one person was injured. In 20

April 2018, another issue occurred in Florida

in the Forest High school where one person was injured.

Research has shown 48% of the firearms in the world are owned in the United States of

America. The research has further indicated that there are about 33000 faculties of firearms. The

rate shown that about 90 deaths will occur daily due to the issue of firearms in the country.

Besides,53% of the victims are usually black people. From this, the presence of firearms in the

country has led to increase in injuries and death both at homes and schools.

Second Amendment Act

The research will be based on the analysis of the second Amendment bill of rights. The

amendment act will play a key role in the protection of the human rights in the country. The act

was adopted to be part of the instrumental Bill of rights in the United States of America in 1791.

The amendment act has indicated that the rights of an individuals are never unlimited and has

never prohibit the utilization of firearms or other devices as shown in that case Lewis v. United

States of 1980. In the case the congress of the United States of America may play a role in the

prohibition of felony from having guns at their discretion. The guns in this case should not just be

held but should play a role in the protection of the citizens. The amendment act therefore has

played a role of keeping arms as it has been influenced greatly by the Bill of Right of England.

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Research objectives.

With the utilization of the bill of rights, the project will seek to answer many research question

in the world on gun control. The research questions that are set to be answered will include the

following;

 Banning the use of weapons by non-militant will reduce cases of shooting in schools under

the given Emergency Management law?

 What is the age of gun ownership is raised to become 21 years? Will the step have any

control on the gun shooting in schools?

 What if teachers are armed with guns? Will the step have any influence on the shooting in

schools?

 What are the proper solutions that can be offered by the Emergency Management

Department on gun control in schools?

 Should teachers be allowed to carry guns or weapons to schools? If yes, what are the proper

consequences of the act and what gun types should they carry?

 Who will be responsible for the training of teachers on safety use of guns in schools so as

to reduce the school shooting?

 What bodies have been set up by Emergency Management Department to check on the

issue of gun control in the community?

 What if the guns cause a liability in schools? Who will be liable for the liability?

 Should the parents allow the teachers to carry guns to schools?

 What if a teacher with a gun becomes hostile to his or her colleagues?

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 What if the students are accidentally shot in schools? What will the parents do? Will they

accept a waiver?

The research questions above will be answered in the research utilizing the Second

Amendment Act that allows use of firearms. There are many ways in which the government can

benefit its teachers on the use of weapons as offered by the Act

. The process of buying weapons

is intense, and it is difficult for teachers as it also entails the views of the parents of the students.

The parent need to reassess the need for a teacher having a gun in school and always be ready for

accidents just as it has been indicated in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller of 2008. In the

ruling that was delivered by the court based on the second Amendment act, people can possess the

firearms that are not at all connected to militia services. The case allowed the use of guns in all the

lawful ways for possible self-defense. The parents will also need to be very ready to sign a waiver

in case of any accidents

. It is very obvious that the use of guns by teachers should not cause harm

to the students, but it should also help in protecting them. Each teacher is required by the

government to acquire a gun license from the police stations and the weapons that seems unsuitable

for the teachers should be withdrawn by the government. The government should be compensated

by the teachers who are in possession of guns, and this will enable the government not to contribute

to the debt that the country has. The government should not do unlawful raids by the police and

operations for relicensing that are done to teachers just as it is in United States v. Cruikshank in

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2013.

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1875. In the case, the use of guns in the personal way should not at all be used to limit the powers

that are bestowed on the government

. All teachers should be licensed in possession of gun and

possession of guns by unlicensed teachers should be illegal.

In the United State of America, many weapons are possessed by citizens including teachers.

The possession of this weapons will enable protection to them. There are some of how the U.S

government can eradicate the possession of the illegal weapons possessed by the public. The best

example is searching for suspicious people in the streets. This increase the possibility of police to

find guns that are illegally owned by unlicensed citizens. Searching for people can cause biases

among the police officers and the citizens. This will enable the police officers to be questioned and

accused of this behavior.

People will always find ways of acquiring weapons to commit crimes, and this will be

difficult for the government to eradicate the possession of illegal weapons. Just as by the case of

McDonald v. City of Chicago of 2010 , the guns will need to be prohibited if it has greatly been

used to commit crimes in the community. The act by the government on avoidance of illegal

weapons will only reduce the possession of illegal weapons and cannot fully eradicate.

The case United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez of 1990 has postulated that citizen need to be

saved in the community. The case involved the non-resident aliens as well as the Fourth

Amendments where by people who are not citizens of the country will not access licensed guns.

The citizens of the country will need to be safe with or without the guns in the community. This

Ferran, Lee, and Shushanne Walshe. "Newtown Massacre: What Is a Bushmaster .223?" ABC

News. ABC News Network, 17 Dec. 2012. Web. 01 Apr. 2013.

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act by the government prevents citizens from facing threats from their enemies as they will have

nothing to protect themselves together with their students

. The possession of weapons can make

most citizens to abuse the right of self-defense as an excuse for committing murder. The abuse

could also be done by the teachers if they are given an opportunity to take them to schools. Besides,

the case of Lewis v. United States of 1980 has indicated that the possession of guns helps in

frightening of intruders, and it created protection for the citizens.

Many citizens suffer housebreaking from enemies each year due to lack of weapons to

protect themselves. A gun is used to scare away the assailants in such situations and to protect the

citizen. Citizens should be allowed to act in a dead, threatening manner to the assailants to act as

a lesson to others. Attack by gangsters is another problem in some of the cities in the United States

of America. Innocent citizens should be armed to protect themselves from such incidence. The

protection that every citizen is given is through legally obtained weapons that some of the citizens

possess. From this case, the question that a rise is that, as a citizen of the USA will it be good for

the teachers to possess guns in schools? The legal analysis has been done to strive to offer a

solution and the impact of the guns if allowed in schools.

According to my thoughts, it is good for teachers to obtain guns, rifles and other tools that

can be used for protection just as case of Lewis v. United States of 1980 strived to achieve. If this

was to be taken into action, the government should give policies such that teachers who misuse

their guns be judged in court and arrested. This would enable the safety of each teacher. Parents

should be aware of the possession of firearms by teachers, and there have a right to go against it if

Goode, Erica. "Even Defining 'Assault Rifles' Is Complicated." The New York Times.

The New York Times, 16 Jan. 2013. Web. 10 Mar. 2013.

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in case it affects the performance of their children. Parents should also support the provision of

guns to teachers as this would help in the protection of their children from possible harm. This will

also promote obedience by hostile students to their teachers.

People with licensed guns should use it to protect their families. As postulated in the case

of Caetano v. Massachusetts of 2016 , the people who use this guns should not be judged as it is

right according to the Constitution on the second amendment. People who steal weapons from

others and uses it in committing crimes should be arrested. The government authority needs to

introduce ways in which crimes are dealt with in the community. Gun should be used in the

protection of citizens and possession of guns by teachers in school should be used in the protection

of students together with the protection of their life from enemies. Strong regulations by the

government on the use of guns will make the innocent citizens suffer.

Gun control has a lot of challenges to citizens especially in the United States of America.

Besides, acquisition of guns as by the case of United States v. Miller in 1939 will never guarantee

Safety. The most cause of death that is not natural in the United States of America use of firearms.

The existence of the second amendment helps in protection of human rights and create policies on

the purchasing and possession of firearms

. In the United State of America, most killings are done

through firearms, and this has enabled most of the citizens to possess a firearm that will protect

himself or herself. This has made guns to be part of equipment’s that a person possesses. Misuse

of firearms is dangerous as it causes deaths to those who misuse them and also to those who do

not know how to properly use it. Guns itself does not kill, but the irresponsible people use them to

kill and therefore become illegal to have just as it is in the case of McDonald v. City of Chicago of

Ibd (Christoffersen, John 2013)

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2010 where McDonald was involved in misuse of guns in the country and was held liable for the

misuse of guns that resulted to deaths in the country. From this, every citizen should have gun

control to reduce the number of deaths that are caused by firearms.

The second Amendment of the bill of rights privileges citizens the chance to handle and

possess firearms just as in the case of United States v. Warner of 1993. The people which have

been licensed to handle the guns need to possess the machine and should never transfer its

ownership. At times we may have the thought that this statement of the right to possess and keep

firearms as self-explanatory, but it’s not so. There are lots of issues in the recent that have raised

eyebrows over the ownership of these firearms. The law and psychological reasoning are two

different and distinct approach. But the main reason to have laws in a state is to ensure everything

is working right in the state

. The banning of an assault weapon is not a solution since the law

legalizes handling of these weapons to every person including the teachers. The teachers should

not be careless when using the guns and the question that still is being asked is that, is it acceptable

for the teachers to take guns to school in order to reduce gun shootings?

Some specific individuals consider the Amendment Bill of rights as having been put in

place with an intention of protecting the state rights of keeping militias just a the case of District

of Columbia v. Heller of 2008 concludes. Before the second amendment was passed, assault

weapons were a common device to possess in the day to day life. It now over ten years since the

use and the essence of possession of guns for our day to day life an issue of no less concern and

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OLR Research Report. N.p., 12 Jan. 2009. Web. 10 Mar. 2013.

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pressure. There has existed a large number of arguments that relate to the second amended bill of

rights. The most serious and vital argument that is shielding the Second Amendment is that we the

citizens have the feeling of being safer when in possession and handling of a gun in schools.

Another reason for having this policy as being in place is because the citizens will find more

comfortable having this.

The second amendment entails a lot of advantages and as well as many impending threats

as far as having these rights of owning a gun

. From the case of Farmer v. Higgins of 1990, the

possession of the guns will play a key role in the reduction of Killings in the country. To evade

unwanted killings, for example, the youth’s deaths, arise of robbery or maybe even circumstances

of being held hostage, the gun ownership control policy and the law ought to be put into serious

consideration. So, citizens and individuals in most cases argue that gun ownership is one of the

first reasons that causes violence. Nevertheless, it’s not in possession of the gun that leads to this

violence, but the negligence of those individuals in possession of the gun.

The second amendment then was founded to shield and to survive at that time. As of now,

close to ten years, guns have gradually evolved, and its core purpose of being used for protection

diverted to create harm to citizens and made killing devices. Also, the same case in our institutions,

as we aim to protect the rights of the teacher to be in possession of this gun device, it's also a threat

to students because they will develop the fear of approaching their teachers. Therefore, students

have a feeling of fear knowing that their teachers carry with them these devices. Also, in this case,

we don’t lay the blame on teachers as their main intention of taking this initiative is to protect their

life’s and to have the sense and feeling of being secured.

Ibd (Rose, Veronica, and Meghan Reiley , 2009)

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In the year 2004, there existed over two hundred and ten million confidentially possessed

assault weapons in the United States of America. This eases the reason of why the majority are in

support of gun ownership and a well those against gun control. “The constitution will never be

interpreted to restrain the citizens of United states who are peaceable individuals from possessing

their fire arms” (Samuel,1788). Amendment of the Second Bill of rights is not as such important

as there is still the need of shielding themselves against any crime that may arise in due courses,

such as home invasion. The most important is to put in place more gun control policies and acts

such as the Brady Act.

The Brady was put into place by President Clinton in the year 1994 the 28th of February.

As from the point Brady’s Act was approved and allow to function, crime rates have dropped up

to 25 percent. The Brady’s act consists of a lot of issues that it handles. To begin with, it allows

some time regarding the buying of an assault weapon. The period for waiting before the auction

period is finalized the time for buying to cool off and contract his killers impulse controllable

hence lessening the probabilities of deliberate crime as indicated by the case of Caetano v.

Massachusetts of 2016. As well, in the cause of the waiting period, a contextual check would be

needed for anyone attempting to buy a firearm. In case the background securitization indicates that

the buyer has been or is a former felon, drug addicts, former mental patient, juveniles, as well as

an illegal alien will be no sales done

. The Brady law and policy pursues only that; it aims at

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Network, 25 Feb. 2009. Web. 01 Apr. 2013.

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controlling guns and firearms transfer a manner that unentitled persons will not be in a position to

be in possession of a gun hence will lack the chance to go against any of the criminal laws.

The law that Brady formulated was successful between 1994 to 1995 in a total of 4441,545

applications made, 15,506 were not allowed according to the contextual checks that were done. As

from the year 1994 to 2009, more than 107million Brady background scrutiny was undertaken.

Throughout this season,1.9 million never got a chance of accessing the weapon due to the presence

of Brady Act background crisscrossed. Brady law has been useful in that one can be free from any

form of fear. It’s a form in which the United States of American could govern who has the mandate

of buying a firearm. Other than Bardy law, there exist different rules that assist in the control of

sales of the assault weapons

Temporarily, the laws concerning guns in the united states of America assist in the control

of the sale, its possession, its utilization as well as ammunition. To buy a firearm in California, all

business trading and the teachers must be considered as from the dealer; you ought to be a

legitimate citizen aged 18 to buy a shotgun and to purchase a handgun, he or she should be aged

21. All handguns trading needs one to be present his or her safety certificate, not unless one is

working in the military or is part of the law enforcement force. Lack of this certificate, you have

no legal obligations to handle or possess or buy the handgun.

From this, the teachers could therefore acquire guns at their required ages so as to boost

security in schools. The teacher need to be careful when using the guns so as to ensure that they

do not cause harm to the children in the community. Just as postulated in the case of Lewis v.

United States of 1980, the use of guns will always be important to the teachers in the community

as they offer security just like any other citizen in the country.

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As one is in waiting for the process and finalization of a handgun purchase, he or she has

ten days of waiting, the one in need of the weapon has to go through a series of tests to ensure that

the firearm is getting into the hands of a responsible person. These tests involve scrutinizing the

soberness and the mental uprightness of the person, ensure he/she has never been involved in

felony crimes before and should not be having any criminal records with the states security and

violent domestic charges. The laws in California states that one is not supposed to buy a handgun

before an interval of 30 days since he/she last purchased a firearm.

The permit of CCW (California Concealed Weapon) needs one to carry a concealed assault

weapon. For you to obtain a CCW, you're expected to fill out a letter of application and forward

to the department Sheriff to be approved. This application made may require waiting for up to 90

days as it undergoes processing. Once the application is accepted, one is only now allowed to

handle and carry a concealed weapon that is written on the Concealed weapon permit. These are

some examples of forms in which the United States ensures that firearms do not fall into the wrong

hands or get into the hands of young adults. All of these needs are aimed at maintaining the safety

and security of the citizens of united states of American by ensuring they don’t fall into unworthy

people's hands. Ownership of a gun is in a way a privilege as well as one of the rights in the laws

and policies of American citizens

Whereas gun possession is one among the many rights and privileges, and with the rights

exercising being kept and bearing of arms is accompanied with the mandate to responsibly and

safely store all guns and ammunition

. Ownership of firearms in the United States of America is

in a way a disadvantage as there are several accidental deaths reported yearly that have an issue

Ibd (Acosta, Luis 2009)

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with gun ownership and utilization. According to a study that was conducted, it was reported that

more than 50% of Americans are in possession of these guns in their homesteads and 85% do not

practice safekeeping of their bought guns.

In United States of America only, over five hundred children pass away every year because

of inappropriate keeping of a firearm. A study conducted by the Brady Law Campaign indicates

that three thousand and seventy-six children, with age ranging between 0 up to 18 die per year

because of these firearms. Whether its homicide, unintentional, legal interventions, suicide or

undetermined this is 3076 extra children that would have been in away prevented to avoid these

unexpected deaths. All these deaths could have been contained in case the parents who are

irresponsible could have ensured all the firearms are in safe and appropriate stores, in areas far

from reach by children. Appropriate storage is very crucial for any person in possession of a gun

or any firearm. Proper storage and safety need one to occasionally store gunpoint in a safe and

secure direction, always ensure the gun is unloaded, only at the time that its necessary for the use

and daily keep all guns in a safe as well as a place far from reach by all children.

Firearms could be hazardous in the hands of persons who are very irresponsible and no

matter the number of Gun Control laws are put in place in the United States of America, in case a

criminal intends to get hold of this firearm they will work all ways possible to obtain the gun.In

some instances, many may argue with enacting numerous gun control policies and laws and

consider that it’s not these firearms that kill individuals but it’s the guns that have gotten into the

hands of ill-mannered and irresponsible people who deliberately kill. The big question is, why

should irresponsible individuals be given a chance to be in possession of a firearm and affect the

lives of others? With United, states ranked to be the station with the highest number of guns as

well as the one with highest cases of deaths related to the ownership of these firearms among the

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developed nations. Gun safety, as well as gun control, is not only vital but as well it's essential that

we have in case one owns a gun, wouldn’t he/she be pleased to be considered a responsible firearm

owner.

One person who considers owning a gun as being something that should not be taken

lightly, occasionally ensures that his/her firearm is appropriately kept and completely far from

harming others. The irresponsible gun owner who is the ones giving the firearm a bad name. Make

sure you’re not one among these owners, ensure your gun is in every moment unloaded and far

from reach by children.

Disaster is a severe issue, and it is challenging to control. Since 1960, United States of

America has experienced a lot of disasters. The most recent form of murder was seen in New

Elementary. These killings have made gun control and the use of guns important as it enables

people to offer themselves protection. The use of a gun has caused a lot of debates in the U.S.

Many of the U.S citizens has ordered the government to get rid of assault weapon as it has

killed a lot of people. The assault weapon like the automatic guns that are attached with features

of the military. The call by the citizens for the ban of guns has caused outrage on lawyers of the

people who possess the gun and also the association of gun, i.e., National Rifle Association. In the

recent past, the advantages of the gun have been outweighed by their disadvantages, and this has

made the U.S citizens call for it to be ban. The best way to get rid of guns is to prevent them from

being sell. The organizations for selling guns should be closed, and this will be hard for people to

purchase. The government should be the one who will take action on the banning of guns.

The gun is not a basic need and citizens can live without it and be safe.

The United State has a bill of rights that has rights that are guaranteed to every citizen that lives in

the country. The second amendment of the U.S states the citizens has a right to possess

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firearms. This is usually allowed for persons that have attained the legal age of possessing a gun.

Also, the people who are to possess firearms should be normal and knows the use of a gun. The

second amendment also states that the right of a citizen should not be violated. The gun lawyers

and the National Rifle Association use the Second Amendment to defend themselves if the

government pass a law to ban the possession of a gun. They see it as unconstitutional to ban

firearms as the second amendment constitutes it. People who own a gun encounters a lot of

restrictions when purchasing and during the possession of a gun. This is usually done to find the

genuine reason and intention that a person has in the possession of a gun. These restrictions are

done to avoid the possession of a gun by people whose intention is to use it on crimes.

In the year 2007, the supreme court of United States of America made a ruling on the possession

of a gun. They made a ruling that there should be restrictions on people who own firearms. An

example of the restriction made is that people who should possess a gun should be mentally ill.

This will enable avoiding the misuse of guns by the people who possess.

In the year 2007, the supreme court also made a ruling that there should be restrictions on selling

firearms and also the restrictions on the use of dangerous weapons. The dangerous weapons should

not be used by individuals who lack skills on how to use them. This ruling could do not undermine

an individual from keeping their guns in their homes. The violation does not limit the ability of the

government in the regulation of firearms. Citizens should possess firearms that can help the in self-

protection. Citizens should be licensed small firearms that are easy for them to carry and that do

not require difficult skills in operating them. On the proposal about the possession of firearms by

teachers, the possession of small firearms is needed to enable them to carry. This will not disrupt

their work as small firearms are easy to carry and do not require a lot of skills in operating.

Teachers should carry concealed weapons in schools. This will avoid fear by the students. Fear by

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students may affect their concentration in class and let them to poor performance in class. Teachers

that have been licensed in using firearms should hide the gun from their students.

There have been a lot of instances that the government has put on the restrictions of guns and the

manufacturing of guns. An example is restrictions on a machine gun.

The government has made a restriction on increasing tax that is paid during the selling of

this firearm

. This restriction in the U.S was brought into action in the year 1934 by the National

Firearms Act. Another restriction is the registration of the gun by the Federal Bureau of Alcohol,

Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (A.T.F). The A.T.F has an ability to a person from possessing

the machine gun. Some parts of the U.S like the District of Colombia allows the use of dangerous

weapons like a machine gun. Also, explosive are allowed to be used. Weapons that are dangerous

like explosives and machine guns are no necessary for possession by a civilian. These dangerous

weapons are suitable for wars. These dangerous weapons are legal to buy in the United States of

America.

Weapons such as machine guns are usually used in wars as it is designed as a military

weapon to be used by well-trained individuals. A machine gun is sturdy, large and dangerous and

this makes it usually serves for harmful intentions such as fighting terrorism. The person who

walks with a machine gun is accompanied by magazines that are loaded to enable quick and easy

reloading.

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Assault weapons are very hazardous, and to conferring to trial legislation, its validity is

rightly connected to the amplified gun crime. In United States of American and Australia, tight

gun rules were enforced afforced after the occurrence of shootings that was same as the Newtown

Elementary Massacre. In the year 1996 in the United States Kingdom, the legislature of England

debarred all automatic firearms and handguns and improved the background scrutiny device to

acquire a gun legally in a country. The outcomes were unstable in the beginning, but as time passed

by, the total number of gun-related crimes declined greatly. Majority of those who support gun

management point to the stringent gun rules as the prime cause of the decline.

Firearm control was also enforced in Australia at the almost equal time. More than 700000 firearms

were seized through the execution of a compulsory buyback program. Encompassed in the

buyback type of program were semiautomatic and automatic arms, with the inclusion of assault

weapons.

A variety of arms were purchased, but not constrained to assault weapons and shotguns.

The outcomes of the buyback, as well as more stringent rules and the two states, were favorable.

Firearms-related homicides declined by 59 percent in as highlighted in the article Journey of

Economics and laws. Gun associated suicide s also declined and the most pleasing impact of the

prohibition and since then, there not existed any other mass shooting in the nation of Australia as

from the occurrence that triggered the firearm law reform in the year 1996.

The United States has also made attempts at gun control during the 1990s.President Clinton

in the year 1994, lobbied for the enforcement of a rule related to firearms ban which succeeds

under the Democrat Controlled House and Senate.

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Some section of the Violent Crime Control and Law enforcement act prohibited the

manufacturing of latest and brand firearms such as the AR-15.A for the older firearms that were

previously possessed were grandfathered in same as the controls of the machine gun prohibition

in the year 1934

.Alongside some particular types of firearms and guns, the Federal Assault

Weapon Ban A.W..B also expelled other attachment gadgets such as pistol grips as well as

newspaper articles that attach to the outside of the firearm. These kinds of styles in the military

attachments are what lead the weapon to be used in the previous shooting specifically risky and

dreadful. The Assault Weapon Ban was not that far-reaching like the English legislation or the

Australian, though it was a reasonable step for American Gun control.

Nevertheless, the legislation came to an end in the year 2004 paving the way for the

weapons to be obtainable to the citizens market another time.

It would be very hard for all exterminations to be entirely abolished, even with robust controlling

strategies of firearms, but the number of these firearms could be reduced Without contact with

semi-automatic rifles as well as other hazardous weapons, most of the latest tragedies could have

possibly been gotten rid of. In places such as Colorado, Aurora where 58 people sustained injuries

and a lot of them murdered, the killer, James Holmes, utilized three different arms on the wounded

and the dead.

He utilized a Glock, forty quality, a pump action 12gauge shotgun, semi-automatic rifle as

well as a semi-automatic Wesson and Smith P15&M rifle kind of firearm. The firearm was in the

category of AR-15s, a similar class of arm as the rifle that was utilized by the Newton killers,

Lanza Adam. Due to this military system, the use of a gun would have been prohibited according

to the Clinton Assault Weapon Ban of the year 1994.Nevertheless, as from the time the ban came

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to an end in 2004, Holmes was able to purchase the gun formally. The firearms utilized in the

carnage have minimal use in day to day civilian life. In most cases, it is mostly argued that their

guns are centered for self-protection. This is very clear with the teacher who walks to school with

these firearms, does it for self-protection. The possession and utilization for self-protection are for

beneath the District of Colombia versus The Supreme court case, though that issue only deals with

handguns.

However, citizens should not be in connection with these firearms for self-protection or

hunting. They are risky and hazardous and can easily be deployed and considered military grade

arms. Art Blatt, who is a writer of Ammo &Guns, a renowned supporter of the gun and firearm

ownership. He stated that AR-15s kind of firearm also known as Bushmaster appeared a mite

penetrative an as well as powerful for the role of home defense. The arm that has 223 quality ammo

lacks sufficient firepower that could play the role of large game hunting occurring in most nations.

In this place, it is utilized for varmint hunting or game hunting and recreational shooting. However,

firearms are very dangerous, and its handling and use can easily be mastered and understood. Tim

McDermott, range personnel at a firearm safety center,” One can carry the whole firearm

and separate and replace any point or part you wish to without necessarily using unique tools and

without knowing the whole thing. “This Essenes the addition of sections like those prohibited

beneath the A.W.B, the majority of which as of now have been legalized.

Assault weapons are very risky and not of much importance for citizens in the united states of

America to possess it. Prohibition of assaulted weapons in the United States of an America would

be good. These arms are impractical for hunting and self-protection. These weapons are very

dangerous and can at any point and time kill as theirs no need of much training. An equal

prohibition in the United Kingdom as well as in Australia led to declining in the total number of

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exterminations and firearms related deaths

. This kind of ban has taken place in the United States.

There would be no one going against the constitution in case implementation of these legislations

since most Supreme Court cases have discovered that the second Amendment accepts the federal

state a chance to control firearms as long as they are hazardous and unusual. Majority of the assault

weapons fall beneath this description. These firearms have in the recent used to perform calamities

like those in Newtown, Colorado and Connecticut and Aurora.

Gun Control Act in United States of America requires that the dealers who are allowed to

access gun should meet all the criterion from the National Criminal Background Check System.

The licensing board will need to keep check of the people who have been given the personal guns

in the community. The board will keep track on possible issues of felony and misuse of the personal

guns. The board will need to base by the constitution an ensure that they accord protection to the

manufacturers of the guns. Besides, the gun manufacturers need to always follow the constitution

and avoid issue of negligence.

Most of the great number of disaster a few years ago could have been stopped with a simple

prohibition of dangerous and unnecessary arms. Outlawing assault weapons from being traded

would assist halt these massacres from taking place and as a result rescue many innocent lives.

Banning assault weapons from the sale would help stop these massacres from occurring, and in

the process, save innumerable innocent lives.

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