Research proposal on Gun Control in America
Introduction
For my research paper, I would like to research and write on the issue of gun control in America more so after the recent shootings that have been witnessed in the country. Albeit there are large numbers of people who are opposed to the idea vehemently, my research will zero in on the fat that: gun control enforcement could be the solution that the country needs to curb the increasing crime rates and the shootings that have hit the country among the teenagers.
By enforcing gun control, the country could possibly avert the crisis that is looming with regards to guns especially due to their easy accessibility since a person who needs to acquire a gun only needs a background check done by the NICS.
By controlling guns in the country, we will be creating a society that is free of crime in the streets as well as schools where our children, grand children and great grand children can live freely without any fear of being attacked or being exposed to gun related crime.
There has been a recent surge in the number of crimes that are gun related in the country. Adults would also stand to benefit since they will not be victims of gun crimes in the street as well. Research undertaken by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms reveals that as of 2011, at least 34% of American adults owned a gun while at least 47% of adults in the country live in households with guns.
The only way to enforce gun control in the country would be to start with dealing with the underground gun market where even teenagers can access guns.
Among other solutions that the research will deal with in depth include passing appropriate legislation with regards to gun ownership, use and carriage, regulation of funding allotted to gun manufacturing, legislation on the type of guns that the public can have access to.
References
Bruce, John M. and Clyde Wilcox. The changing politics of gun control. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998.
Cochran, Laura. “Gun Ownership by State.” 30 May 2006. Washington Post. 29 March 2013
Cooper, Michael and Dalia Sussman. “Massacre at School Sways Public in Way Earlier Shootings Didn’t.” 17 January 2013. New York Times. 29 March 2013
Goss, Kristin A. Disarmed: the missing movement for gun control in America. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006.
Hofstadter, Richard. “America as a Gun Culture.” American Heritage Magazine October 1970.
Luo, Michael. “N.R.A. Stymies Firearms Research, Scientists Say.” 25 January 2011. New York Times. 29 March 2013
Sales, Leigh. “A look inside America’s gun culture.” 17 April 2007. ABC News. 29 March 2013
Spitzer, Robert J. The politics of gun control (2nn ed.). New York, N.Y.: Chatham House Publishers, 1998.
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